Traditionally, skimming seems like the most low-brow of security breaches in banking. Until Monday.
That’s when what can only be described as a shockingly sophisticated skimming scheme was uncovered by KrebsOnSecurity, a leading security blog. What’s more, the scheme exposes what can only be described as an eyepoppingly idiotic security protocol at NCR and Diebold.
On Monday, NCR acknowledged that thieves were hacking into ATMs by plugging into ATM network cables and internet jacks:
