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["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>]

Yet more chip and pin stories.  Yeah, this is old hat by now, but this is kind of 
neat in that the bad guys actually got a card reader to "phone home" by putting 
cell phone gear inside it:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/10/organized_crime_doctors_chip_and_pin_
machines/

(OK, we've got a whole bunch of doctored readers: surely somebody can find the 
number that they were calling?)

Also, a BBC piece, in two parts on YouTube.  (Watch for Ross Anderson: the 
piece must be a little old since a scan of his office shows "Security Engineering," 
first edition.)  This one shows the banks in a pretty bad light: rather cavalier:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7QzOcZAwbg
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pHdX3ZYEvXw

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