Australia - Two men are being extradited to Perth to face charges of stealing more than $4 million from customers at fast food outlets in what police say is Australia's biggest-ever EFTPOS card skimming operation...
Officer-in-charge of the major fraud squad, Detective Senior Sergeant Don Heise, said the skimming occurred through September after the pin pads at the drive-thru counters of more than 20 McDonald's restaurants in the Perth metropolitan area were replaced with compromised machines.The bogus keypad would then transmit the card's information to a nearby mobile or laptop.
The accounts of 4000 victims have been hacked into after the first withdrawal took place on October 5, with one suffering a loss of about $6000 to $7000.
During October, more than $4 million was stolen from bank accounts, using ATMs in NSW, Victoria, Canada, Great Britain, the USA, India and Malaysia. (more)
The device is the Ingenico PX328 pinpad, a decade-old terminal type, which is not tamper proof. Upgrade, if you got them! (more)
