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ATMsecurity.com Monthly Digest - Jan 2009
Subject: ATMsecurity.com Monthly Digest - Jan 2009
Send date: 2009-02-16 05:40:10
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ATMsecurity.com Monthly Digeset - Jan 2009

Data Compromise

Incidents of US based card processors being targeted attracted attention throughout January 2009. Reports emerged in January about a serious data compromise which occurred during 2008 targeting Heartland Payments Systems...

Skimming

While it may be too early to prove the relationship between the global economic slowdown and ATM crime, ATM skimming activity certainly appears to be growing globally as we enter 2009...

Vishing / Phishing / Funds Transfer Fraud

Multiple incidents of vishing and phishing occurred in the US during January. Automatic dialling devices were used to target all telephone numbers within a certain telephone exchange, including the local police station...

Insider Theft

An ex-employee of an ATM supplier in the US was identified from CCTV images following a break-in to an ATM located in a convenience store...

Ram Raid Attacks / ATM Theft

Arrests were made and an unopened ATM recovered in the US after the ATM was seen falling from the back of a pickup truck following a ram raid at a petrol (gas) station...


Explosive Attacks

Two persons were killed and twenty injured following an ATM explosive attack in Colombia. It is thought that a 5kg bomb was used to attack the ATM in Bogota. The explosion caused the first floor of the building to collapse... 


Card Trapping

Card trapping including the use of Lebanese loops to jam the victim’s card in the ATM card reader appeared to increase steadily during January, particularly in the UK... 


False Deposit Fraud

Instances of false deposit fraud continued during January. Primarily in the US and Canada, funds were withdrawn against empty deposits envelopes.

Read the full report of the Monthly Digest of Jan 2009, click here.


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