‘Tis the season; watch out for card skimming

This time of year, people are out shopping, paying for gas, and generally using their debit and credit cards more than usual. This is an opportune time for thieves, and one way they take advantage is by card skimming. Card skimming is used at terminals that accept debit and credit cards using a chip reader and swiping method.Estimated reading time: 2 minutesWhat thieves do is create a dummy reader that is placed over the existing card reader, and that
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