Liberty Alone

Light Blue Touchpaper has details of another attackon the supposedly secure Chip & Pin system.

This one is a relay attack which uses a dummy terminal to collect your card details and pin and then relay them to someone in another shop who uses these details to pretend their modified card is your card.

The transaction looks normal to the bank and you think your payment has gone through okay. The shop at the other end thinks everything is okay too. Its only later when you check your bank balance that you notice that something is wrong.

Tonight’s Watchdog will feature this attack, and more details are available from here.

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