http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/10/nordstrom-finds-cash-register-skimmers/
By Brian Krebs
Krebs On Security
October 10, 2013
Scam artists who deploy credit and debit card skimmers most often target
ATMs, yet thieves can also use inexpensive, store-bought skimming devices
to compromise modern-day cash registers. Just this past weekend, for
instance, department store chain Nordstrom said it found a half-dozen of
these skimmers affixed to registers at a store in Florida.
The fraud devices in this case resemble small keyloggers that are sold by
dozens of stores for approximately $30 to $40 apiece. These hardware
keyloggers are essentially Ps2 connectors that are about an inch in
length. The tiny data storage devices are usually purple in color to match
the color-coded standard for keyboards, and are made to be inserted
between the male end of a PS2 keyboard connector and the female receptor
on a computer.
According to an alert circulated by the police department in Aventura,
Florida, on the afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013, three male subjects
were captured on closed-circuit cameras at Nordstrom tampering with
registers in the store. Authorities there say the footage showed two of
the men worked to distract sales staff, while the third took pictures of
the register and removed the rear access panel to the register and took
additional photographs.
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