• About 800million purchases each month are processed by chip and PIN machines
  • Criminals can use second-hand devices purchased on eBay to load fake cards with malicious software

Millions of customers’ banking details are at risk after it emerged that card readers used in shops and restaurants can be hacked. Experts have found a security flaw in chip and PIN terminals that allows thieves to download customers’ card details.There are more than one million such readers in the UK according to the UK Cards Association, which processes about 800million purchases each month.....Read more here: article-2180849/Hackers-steal-details-chip-PIN-machines-used-shops-restaurants.