HTTP:: EU Warns That ATM Crime Is Rising
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The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) has released a report regarding the situation of ATM crime in the European Union. According to the agency, the rate of such crimes increased by 149 percent in 2008 and resulted in over 485 million euros being lost to fraud during last year. The European ATM Security Team (EAST) of the ATM Industry Association (ATMIA) estimates that, in 2008, there were 383,951 ATMs in Europe, which is 6% more than in 2007. The same source also estimates that 72% of these machines are located in the UK, Spain, Germany, France and Italy. As far as ATM crime goes, there were 12,278 such incidents reported in the European Union during last year. From these numbers, we can unscientifically conclude that roughly one in 31 ATMs installed across the Union was attacked in 2008, obviously without taking into account that one ATM could have been attacked multiple times. In its report (PDF), ENISA describes several types of attacks against!
ATMs, breaking them in three categories: ATM-skimming, computer and network attacks and physical attacks. From these, ATM-skimming is, by far, the most popular, accounting for around 94% of the recorded ATM crime incidents. ATM-skimming includes attacks such as card skimming, card trapping, manual skimming, cash trapping or...
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