Tag: CARDSKIMMER

Don't you love that lovely twist wherein the hunter becomes the hunted? Such was the case at the recent DefCon hackers' convention in Las Vegas, where a fake ATM was set up in the conference center of the Riviera Hotel Casino in order to steal account information from any gullible hackers who might cross it. Apparently, there were at least a few of them. (As of yet, no reports stating the exact ...

ATM card skimmers. We knew they were a terrifying technical possibility, but, until now, no one had ever found one in the wild. That is until a reader, known as Dan, e-mailed The Consumerist with the photo above and a tale about a suspicious-looking ATM at his local Washington Mutual branch. Dan noticed that something was a little off. The card slot didn't seem to be completely attached to the ...