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You’d Never Spot This Razor-Thin ATM Skimmer
The constant drive for miniaturisation doesn’t just apply to consumer electronics: the crooks are at it too. And when it comes to card skimmers, this tiny thing is pretty much impossible to spot.
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Researchers Are Making An ATM That Spews Hot Acid At Thieves
For wannabe thieves, nothing is more tantalising than an empty street and a vulnerable ATM. But they could soon be facing more than just failure. Taking design cues from mother nature herself, researchers are building ATMs that fend off thieves with a spray of hot, steaming foam.
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Beware This Simple But Incredibly Effective Point-Of-Sale Skimmer
Card skimmers are getting way more common, to the point that they’ve even started appearing on point-of-sale card machines. And, boy, if this thing is anything to go by, they’re getting better and better.
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An Imprisoned Hacker Invented An ATM Attachment That Stops Skimmers
Valentin Boanta has a lot of free time on his hands — five years worth, to be exact. That’s because Boanta is currently serving a prison sentence for, according to Reuters, “supplying gadgets to an organised crime gang used to conceal ATM skimmers.” So with all that time to think about what he’s done, the…