Cyber Thieves Used 3D Printer to Manufacture Skimmer Overlay
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:10 am
Brian Krebs reports that a group of cyber thieves used 3-D printers to replicate payment card skimming devices. The scheme netted the thieves more than US $400,000. For skimmers not to raise suspicion, the overlay devices need to blend in seamlessly with the existing hardware. Earlier this year, four men were indicted in federal court in connection with the skimming scheme in which a portion of their profits was used to purchase a 3-D printer. The printer builds three-dimensional models from two-dimensional computer images by applying layer after layer of specially engineered powder that is spread, heated and hardened until the object is rendered in 3-D.
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