Thieves new technology almost impossible to see – Expressen

HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF

Protect your PIN when you are standing near the ATM machine and hold your hand when you enter the

 

Check if anything looks unusual or suspicious. If it seems to be stuck somewhat close short entrance – do not use it.

 

Be vigilant about strangers want to help you at an ATM, even if your card is stuck or you have problems.

 

preferably use a cash machine in an open, public place.

 

Make sure others are standing at a safe distance when you make your case.

 

Check your account regularly and look out for transactions you do not recognize.

 

Source: EAST.

SO IT GOES NEW CARD TO BLUFF

picture shows a device that is designed to intercept data on a bankomatkorts magnetic strip when it is inserted into the machine.

Most skimming devices mounted outside the machine – but the new fit into the existing slot where the card is placed.

Here is the new super thin skimming equipment to get the international ATM safety management EAST to sound the alarm.

They are almost impossible to see with the naked eye and snaps instantly up your account information into the hands on criminals.

– There is an incredible flora depending on where you go in the world, says Johan Nilsson at the company ATM.

Do not be fooled.

The pictures on the new card cutting machine is greatly magnified.

In fact, it fits apparatus in the little slot where the card is inserted into the ATM – and short Then there is your secret card information in the U.S. where fraudsters copy them to blank cards and then draining your account.

In the past, technology has been based on a device that is attached to the outside of the existing card reader.

The information about the new technology was recently released in a new report by security organization European ATM Security Team, EAST, which Sweden is a member.

In the small unit is also a mini camera that films of your code, and EAST warns that the technology is already in use across Europe, writes the Daily Mail.

“A new type of miniskimmare found in one country and another country reported that skimming equipment submitted for prolonged time periods at the same location, up to four – Five days, “writes EAST in its report.

Johan Nilsson at the company ATM that operates the Swedish ATMs with the same name, says that recent years have seen the short fraudsters refines its methods.

– There is an incredible flora depending on where you go in the world. If you want to protect yourself abroad, you should either make sure to have a card specifically just for overseas and have a limited amount if you are the victim, he said.

He advises to always hide their code as good possible and to use a specific card for the holiday with a limited amount.

– But this is not a cash machine specific problem. We have seen that it has skimmat ATMs at gas stations or restaurants. One should always keep an eye on his card, he says.

Johan Nilsson, however, reassuring to those who use ATMs in Sweden:

– Our protection and detection is not dependent on how big or small the machine is, we have protection against it anyway, he says.