RAM scrapers again?

[The Security Community <thesecuritycommunity () gmail com>]

http://www.ktuu.com/global/Story.asp?s=11751437

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"These terminals are actually very, very secure. The whole system is
very, very secure. It's designed so that as soon as that card is read
by the terminal, it's encrypted and sent off to the bank for
authorization, so at no point in between can a bad guy sniff the
network or do anything else that could intercept that credit card
number," Messick said.

Because of that system, Messick concluded that the thieves actually
lifted credit card numbers off the terminals at the moment the cards
were being swiped.

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With all due professional regards to Mr. Messick I was somewhat amused
by this...

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"Really all that businesses can do is make sure that their Internet
firewalls are secured. They need to have a security company come and
check those," Messick said.

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