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A man in Manchester, England has been convicted of using an MP3 player to hack cash machines. Maxwell Parsons, 41, spent £200,000 of other people's money after using the machine to read card details.

Parsons plugged his MP3 player into the back of free standing cash machines and was able to use it to read data about customers' cards. That data could then be used to 'clone' cards and use them for bogus purchases.

Free-standing machines are typically found in shops and bars, and they allowed Parsons to plug his machine into the back of them in a way that would be impossible in wall mounted dispensers.


Nice to know Banks have got there security to the highest possible level!!!! bash.gifbash.gif
stimpy
Just think how many people would pull there money from banks if they new how many times they were "really" broken into. Stuff like this happens all the time, but if you were to hear about your bank getting hit, you would NEVER put your money in another bank ever. wink.gif
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