You need gas and you’re in a rush, well slow down because you could be a victim of credit card theft and possibly identity theft. The next pay at the pump could have a fake built-in card payment system. You should also check your surroundings and be extra careful when entering your pin number.
According to US media reports, criminals have launched large-scale attacks on petrol pumps with built-in card payment systems to gain access to card data. There have been similar attacks that involve the attachment of special skimming devices that look like the real equipment to copy card data, but these have only targeted cash points. Attackers often obtain the PIN with a hidden camera or a secondary PIN pad placed over the machine’s original keyboard.
In the current cases, skimming devices attached to petrol pump terminals are said to use Bluetooth to transmit the data to criminals operating near by. The attackers then use the skimmed details to forge cards and withdraw money from cash points. Approximately 180 petrol pumps with pay-at-the-pump functionality from Salt Lake to Provo are said to have been manipulated by the currently unknown perpetrators. Local police at one location say the modification to the pump was unnoticeable. The fraud was only detected when several attack victims could be traced back to having used the same petrol pump at a 7-Eleven station.
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