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2017-07-08 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Vending machine network hacked-biodata at risk

[Krebs on Security] Avanti Markets, a company whose self-service payment kiosks sit beside shelves of snacks and drinks in thousands of corporate breakrooms across America, has suffered of breach of its internal networks in which hackers were able to push malicious software out to those payment devices, the company has acknowledged. The breach may have jeopardized customer credit card accounts as well as biometric data, Avanti warned.

According to Tukwila, Wash.-based Avanti’s marketing literature, some 1.6 million customers use the company’s break room self-checkout devices — which allow customers to pay for drinks, snacks and other food items with a credit card, fingerprint scan or cash.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-07-08 12:31|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Why do something as uncool as carry around some change or a few $1 bills in your pocket for vending machines when you can go around with your pants down around your ankles?

Posted by M. Murcek 2017-07-08 14:42|| 2017-07-08 14:42|| Front Page Top

#2 PrePaid Debit Cards... Limit the money at risk. If I was travelling more I would seriously considering getting one just for casual purchases.

Posted by magpie 2017-07-08 15:43|| 2017-07-08 15:43|| Front Page Top

#3 PrePaid Debit Cards

I use them for fuel on the road, magpie, with a $60 pre-charge. Get several for long trips as each card does about two fill-ups in my vehicle.

Got 'skimmed' using one once. Figured the limit saved me hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars for the ~$30 loss.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2017-07-08 15:53|| 2017-07-08 15:53|| Front Page Top

#4 A sophisticated gateway hack.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-07-08 19:04|| 2017-07-08 19:04|| Front Page Top

#5 Via my cousin Bob - in the business: How to spot a skimmer? Not so easy

Posted by Frank G 2017-07-08 20:03|| 2017-07-08 20:03|| Front Page Top

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