ATM breaches more likely at stores than banks

PePe LePew · 07-08-2008, 07:18 PM

Experts say the answer is that an ATM's safety depends on where it is. If it's at a bank, an ATM is somewhat safer than it is in a public place, such as a ballpark, a train station or a convenience store.

Yahoo! Personal Finance

Gawd I ain't gonna use ATM anywhere, I always use my ATM at my bank, I take risk!

Wokamuka · 07-09-2008, 05:02 AM

From the article:

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While consumers can't do much when hackers break into back-end computers that approve cash withdrawals in order to steal PIN codes - such as happened during last year's Citi ATM breach - the odds are slim that it will happen to you.

"It is possible to install malicious software on a banking server to capture an encrypted pin as it passes through, but it is extremely rare," according to Margot Mohsberg, a spokeswoman for the American Bankers Association.

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PePe LePew Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 718	ATM breaches more likely at stores than banks Experts say the answer is that an ATM's safety depends on where it is. If it's at a bank, an ATM is somewhat safer than it is in a public place, such as a ballpark, a train station or a convenience store. Yahoo! Personal Finance Gawd I ain't gonna use ATM anywhere, I always use my ATM at my bank, I take risk!

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