RE: Canada: High-Tech Criminal Ring Clones Debit Cards

["Henderson, Dennis K." <Dennis.Henderson () umb com>]

Insiders will continue to be a risk forever....  

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From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Fergie
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 8:35 AM
To: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: [funsec] Canada: High-Tech Criminal Ring Clones Debit Cards

Via The Globe and Mail.

[snip]

Police say they have busted a savvy criminal ring that used wireless technology to clone the debit cards of 18,000 bank 
customers in the Montreal area.

About $4-million was emptied from consumers' bank accounts before the scheme was stopped, said Captain Michel Forget of 
the Sûreté du Québec, the provincial police.

Ten people were arrested as of yesterday afternoon, he said.

The criminals mainly targeted convenience stores and gas stations. With the help of accomplices working for the stores, 
they rigged the stores'
debit-card devices, according to police. When customers punched in their personal identification numbers, the 
information was transmitted, using Wi-Fi technology, to a nearby receiver.

[snip]

More:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060621.gtdebit21/BNStory/Technology/

- ferg


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 Engineering Architecture for the Internet  fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net  ferg's tech blog: 
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