Hacker Steals Credit Card Info At Toys ‘R’ Us

December 27, 2008 · Print This Article

Police in Sweden have uncovered a hack scheme at a Toys ‘R’ Us store in which a fake magnetic swiper was installed on a valid point-of-sale system. The customers swiped their cards, and the machine presented not

to work. In fact, it scanned their cards and recorded the goods, next transmitted it via Bluetooth to a mobile device carried by the crook. documents on more than 500 cards were reportedly stolen.

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