Criminals are evolving and finding more sophisticated ways to steal your money – even with chip cards. Super skimmers are now being used, and security experts tell Boston 25 News, they’re much harder to detect. But there are things to watch out for to protect your money.
The sophisticated new device being used by criminals is called a shimmer. In November, surveillance cameras showed thieves targeting ATMs in Washington State.
“It was a shock,” said Elaine Fischer. She says she was a victim after a trip to the ATM. She says her information was stolen and $1,000 vanished from her account
“I really thought a lot about the idea that someone had my information,” said Fischer.
“Shimming is much harder to detect,” said Robert Siciliano, a cyber security consultant in Boston and CEO of ProtectNowLLC.com . He says shimming is much different than traditional *skimming*, which relies on a bulky overlay device.
Siciliano says the difference with shimming is that the device is installed inside the ATM. Most businesses aren’t even aware they’ve been hit until it’s too late, he said.