The latest "skimmers" are less than 1/8 thick and flexible
enough to "wrap" around current devices making even
handheld devices succeptible. Source Dallas Morning
News about two weeks ago showed pictures of these
new skimmers. They also capture the pin numbers.
They are wireless and transmit the data to the crooks.
The range wasn't specified. These skimmers don't make
actual electrical contact with the real scanner, they capture
the signal via inductance. They only need to be very close.
The crooks wrap these devices around point-of-sale
terminals and if the store clerks aren't wary enough
to spot the extra "wrap" then the crooks skim until
they remove them. The crooks prefer debit cards so
they can empty an account in about an hour.
I doubt if an artist would fail to notice the extra wrap
on his/her machine.
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