A thin device called a shim is placed into an ATM’s card reader to steal chip data. Think of it as a more sophisticated version of skimming, an age-old technique used to steal data that’s embedded in ...
Chip cards can still be skimmed — or shimmed — at card readers and ATMs. Stay vigilant to keep your chip card safe, understand the safest ways to pay and know the steps to take if you do ...
He said the chip technology was added to cards ... seen more reports of card skimmers being at gas pumps or ATMs. Ditty said any card reader machine can be targeted if it’s in a location where ...