[Gllug] Chip and PIN

[Richard Jones]

On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 07:16:55PM +0100, Christopher Hunter wrote:
> I've seen one of these nefarious "skimming" devices a few months ago
> over in the Netherlands.  It had been added to a C&P terminal, and
> sent its data by bluetooth!  As the range was limited, I assume that
> a member of staff at the premises was involved - all you'd need is a
> bluetooth-enabled PDA, and you could log all that the terminal did.
> The hardware, incidentally, was just a bluetooth module and a 16F628
> PIC.  The PIC stole its clock and power from the main PCB, and was
> just tagged on to the main PCB in about six places with bits of
> wire!

And I hope you reported this to the local police.  What happened when
you did?

Rich.

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