How dangerous are the new skimming attacks?

01.06.2016 –

Again and again, criminals develop new methods of intercepting card data. Their latest trick: The card reader is tampered with from the inside but you can't see anything from the outside. You will be told how high the risk for Swiss bank customers is by an expert in an interview with watson.ch.

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