smart card skimmer

February 23, 2021

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This post was originally published on this siteEasily the most sophisticated skimming devices made for hacking terminals at retail self-checkout lanes are a new breed of PIN pad overlay combined with a flexible, paper-thin device that fits inside the terminal’s chip reader slot. What enables these skimmers to be so slim? They draw their power from the low-voltage current that gets triggered when a chip-based card is inserted. As a result, they do not require external batteries, and can remain in operation indefinitely. A point-of-sale skimming device that consists of a PIN pad overlay (top) and a smart card skimmer […]