Mexico resort towns are now lurking with sophisticated ATM skimmers. A skimmer as defined by Brian Krebs is an electronic device which is used by criminals to steal your bank account number and PIN. The skimmer device is inserted in the card slot of an ATM. Upon inserting your card into the card reader slot […]
Definition of the Day: ATM SkimmingATM skimming is like identity theft for debit cards and it comes in two major forms, ancient and modern. The ancient (as in a few years ago) occurs when thieves use hidden electronics to steal the personal information stored on your card and record your PIN number. That’s why skimming takes two separate components to […]
