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Man Used MP3 Player To Hack Cash Machines

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the easy-money dept.

Juha-Matti Laurio writes "A man in Manchester, England has been convicted of using an MP3 player to hack cash machines. The MP3 player was plugged into the back of free standing cash machines in bars. Tones being recorded from the phone line were decoded with special software to a readable format. Later this information was used to clone credit cards."

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  1. Remember folks... by davidwr · · Score: 5, Funny

    MP3 players don't defraud bank customers, people defraud bank customers.

    Unless of course they are Cylon MP3 players. Then they don't stop at fraud.

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  2. Not possible in the U.S. by Salvance · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This may be possible in Europe, but I don't believe it's possible in the U.S. anymore. 3DES has been the standard ATM encryption method for a few years, and almost all ATM machines have been converted to 3DES (by Dec 31st they apparently won't operate unless they are 3DES since the ATM networks will only allow encrypted communications).

    Even if someone can no longer use a generic man-in-the-middle attack in the future due to encryption, it's amazing how many other means for ATM fraud still exist. I couldn't believe this one when I saw it the other day.

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    1. Re:Not possible in the U.S. by fixer007 · · Score: 5, Informative

      The TDES encryption only encrypts the PIN block. The PAN and other card information is still in the clear.

      This is also mandated in Europe

  3. Re:Police found fake card. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    I'm not sure about the UK, but in the US cops are trained to notice everything.
    I have so much crap in my car that they wouldn't even notice a dead cop on my floorboard.