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Wireless card terminals and security

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  • 10-05-2008 10:10pm
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    dub45
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,448 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Not quite sure where to post this but here goes:

    With the advent of chip and pin the number of wireless credit/laser card paymentmachines seems to have increased signficiantly.

    Does anyone know if there are any security standards set by anybody for these.

    If I am not mistaken I think one of the big card scams perpetrated recently in the US began through the hacking of these non secured terminals and the hackers were able to 'follow' the trail into the main financial system of the company concerned and clean up.

    If you were in an apartment over one of the big restaurants in temple bar I wonder would you be able to get some card numbers and pins??


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