Description
In October 2008, Dr Joel Brenner of National Counterintelligence Executive warned that Chip and PIN credit card readers used at point of sale in Europe had been tampered with either where they were manufactured or while in transit to financial institutions. Credit card information intercepted by the rogue devices was being relayed back to criminals via the mobile phone network.
According to MasterCard, the easiest way to identify devices that have been tampered with is to weigh them, as the rogue devices weigh 4 ounces (110 g) more than the authentic ones because of the addition of hardware-based spy components.
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