Scammers stole data from the cards through fake ATMs

Employees of the "K" Ministry of the Interior specializing in crimes in the IT field, caught a gang of fraudsters who installed fake ATMs. Three residents of Udmurtia bought decommissioned ATMs, updated their fillings and placed them in crowded places in Moscow, the Moscow Region and in Sochi. Externally, the devices were designed as ordinary ATMs, only owned by non-existent banks.

Instead of giving out money, ATMs read information from a magnetic tape of a card and a pin-code, after which they reported an error and returned the card to the owner. Naturally, the data from the card was transferred to a remote server. Thus, attackers were able to make a duplicate card and withdraw money from it in a real ATM.

Information on whether the villains managed to steal money in this way has not yet been disclosed. It is only known that they are detained, and the fake ATMs have been dismantled. It is also reported that information from more than a thousand bank cards was found in the seized ATMs.
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I would like to advise to be vigilant and avoid suspicious ATMs by the side - and this does not always help. As I wrote not so long ago, there appeared already “invisible” skimmers that can read information from the card, while freely fitting directly into the slots of the card collector. So for the convenience of cashless payments have to pay security.