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KRosh · 04-14-2009, 11:03 PM

This is crazy - The hackers are getting sophisticated. I always say never use your debit card with the PIN anywhere but at the bank.

Hackers have crossed into new frontiers by devising sophisticated ways to steal large amounts of personal identification numbers, or PINs, protecting credit and debit cards, says an investigator. The attacks involve both unencrypted PINs and encrypted PINs that attackers have found a way to crack, according to the investigator behind a new report looking at the data breaches.....

read the whole article here ... http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/04/pins.html

04-14-2009, 11:03 PM
KRosh So Fucking Outlawed Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 5,114	SECURITY THREAT - PIN Grabbers Nab Holy Grail of Bank Card Security This is crazy - The hackers are getting sophisticated. I always say never use your debit card with the PIN anywhere but at the bank. Hackers have crossed into new frontiers by devising sophisticated ways to steal large amounts of personal identification numbers, or PINs, protecting credit and debit cards, says an investigator. The attacks involve both unencrypted PINs and encrypted PINs that attackers have found a way to crack, according to the investigator behind a new report looking at the data breaches..... read the whole article here ... http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/04/pins.html __________________ ICQ 115433750