*"To the unclean mind, nothing can be clean."
via SANS
–Cyber Thieves Used 3-D Printer to Manufacture Skimmer Overlays
(September 20, 2011)
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.
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/09/gang-used-3d-printers-for-atm-skimmers/
http://krebsonsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/skimindictment.pdfs
http://krebsonsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/skimmercomplaint.pdf
[Editor's Note (Murray): Technology keeps driving down the cost of
counterfeiting.]
