Wednesday September 21, 2011
Print to Pilfer:
3D Printers Used to Create Card Skimmers
3D printers are used for a variety of applications from rapid prototyping to creating artificial blood vessels for transplant.
But criminals are also using the technology to fashion flawless card skimmers used to steal money from ATM users.
From Krebs on Security:
“Just looking at the idea of 3D printing a potential skimming device, a criminal could invest in buying a desktop 3D printer,” De Schouwer wrote in an email to KrebsOnSecurity. “Not a kit printer in the line of a Makerbot or a RepMan but a desktop printer of a high end manufacturer of 3D printers like Objet, 3D Systems or Stratasys (HP). You could get one of those between $10,000 – $20,000 and they will print a high quality skimming device that, including some post finishing, will look like the real thing.”
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