Watch Out for Bugged ATMs

Watch Out for Bugged ATMs

Police discovered another ATM machine that had been tampered with in Piazza Beccaria last week. Someone had inserted a small device that could “read” the account information of clients using the ATM. Fortunately, one of these clients noticed that the slot into which cards are inserted had been

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Thu 12 May 2005 12:00 AM

Police discovered another ATM machine that had been tampered with in Piazza Beccaria last week. Someone had inserted a small device that could “read” the account information of clients using the ATM. Fortunately, one of these clients noticed that the slot into which cards are inserted had been tampered with and immediately notified the police. This is the second ATM in Florence that has been rigged with this device.

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