Friday, December 20, 2013

Trojan attacked ATMs. Steals PIN cards - News 24

Trojan.Skimer.18 virus attacked ATMs around the world. Malicious software stores the information from the card (including PIN) and played by the thief after the fake card.

 / Fig. By Andreas (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons It is not known how many ATMs were infected. One thing is certain – Trojan.Skimer.18 attacked machine leading manufacturer in the world.

Virus saves all the information that introduces the person undertaking the money from an ATM. Later, after the introduction of the thief fake card, the data displayed on the monitor.

It is not known whether Trojan.Skimer.18 also operates in Poland. In our country, thieves frequently install special overlay on the keyboard ATM.

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