Re: UK: Dutch Petrol Firm Shell Suspends 'Chip-and-Pin' Payments

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Tue, 9 May 2006, Dude VanWinkle wrote:

> On 5/7/06, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:
> > On Sun, 7 May 2006, Fergie wrote:
> >
> > > Via The BBC.
> > >
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > > Petrol giant Shell has suspended chip-and-pin payments in 600 UK petrol stations after more than £1m was siphoned 
> > > out of customers' accounts.
> > >
> > > Eight people, including one from Guildford, Surrey, and another from Portsmouth, Hants, have been arrested in 
> > > connection with the fraud inquiry.
> > >
> > > The Association of Payment Clearing Services (Apacs) said the fraud related to just one petrol chain.
> > >
> > > Shell said it hoped to reintroduce chip-and-pin as soon as possible.
> >
> > And they're hoping people will use it.
>
>
> Ok, whats a Chip-And-Pin?
>
> Is that like Fish-And-Chip?
 
Yes. Chips have two possible states, soggy or burned, and it's possible to 
encode information onto then using this scheme.

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