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Canada: High-Tech Criminal Ring Clones Debit Cards
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 16:23:47 -0400 (EDT)
Via Fergie's Tech Blog - http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ 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 S?ret? du Qu?bec, 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. [...]
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