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Hacker Tracker: Shimmers, Identity Fraud, And Hacked Hotels

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Despite the growing usage of EMV chip card technology to help safeguard payment card data at the point of sale (POS), cybercriminals are turning to devices called “shimmers” to read card numbers and possibly access a card’s chip and obtain the PIN. Old Tools, New Tricks . A large chunk of U.S.