ATM Skimmer Photo:Shutterstock Special devices - skimmers - are attached to the slot through which the card is inserted, and thus all important data from the credit card gets to the intruders. The skimmer is rather bulky equipment, it is easy to recognize it by the unusual appearance of the receiving device. But technology does not stand still in this area. Recently, thieves who specialize in cards have started using a new device called PWM, a small device that is impossible to notice. Shim is a kind of bug that, using a special carrier card, is placed inside the ATM on the part that reads data from the card chip. Thus, the device for stealing credit cards is a kind of gasket between the chip and the reading equipment. When a user inserts his card into an ATM with a bug and enters a PIN, the shim quietly reads the data from the credit card, and an inconspicuous camera or keyboard overlay will prompt the thieves for the password. No one is immune from theft of data from a credit card, even if you are the owner. that manufacturers should be responsible for the security of ATMs. For example, improve the data transfer system between an ATM and a credit card.
