GSM pump skimmers

July 27, 2017

Gas Pump Skimmer Sends Card Data Via Text

This post was originally published on this siteSkimming devices that crooks install inside fuel station gas pumps frequently rely on an embedded Bluetooth component allowing thieves to collect stolen credit card data from the pumps wirelessly with any mobile device. The downside of this approach is that Bluetooth-based skimmers can be detected by anyone else with a mobile device. Now, investigators in the New York say they are starting to see pump skimmers that use cannibalized cell phone components to send stolen card data via text message. Skimmers that transmit stolen card data wirelessly via GSM text messages and other mobile-based communications […]