U.S. Secret Service Kickstarts Operation Targeting Gas Station Card Skimmers

guest · Nov 23, 2018

U.S. Secret Service Kickstarts Operation Targeting Gas Station Card Skimmers
200 skimmers already found after searching 400 as stations
November 23, 2018
https://news.softpedia.com/news/u-s...geting-gas-station-card-skimmers-523953.shtml

"More than 400 gas stations in 16 states have already been searched and nearly 200 skimmers recovered from pumps," says the press release (PDF).

As detailed by the Secret Service, skimming is a method used by crooks to lift encrypted information from customers with the help of specially crafted electronic devices named skimmers.
"Operation Deep Impact" already helped customers avoid $6 million in losses
The Secret Service says that gas stations are a top target for bad actors who use skimmers to steal credit cards because of a large number of customers using them and the low risks of being discovered involved in installing the skimmers and recovering them to collect the stolen data.
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Press release (PDF): https://www.secretservice.gov/data/press/releases/2018/18-NOV/CMR_67-18_U.S._Secret_Service_Serves_up_Cold_Dish_of_Justice_to_Gas_Pump_Skimmers.pdf

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