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Stealing payment card data and PINs from POS systems is dead easy

Network World

Many of the large payment card breaches that hit retail and hospitality businesses in recent years were the result of attackers infecting point-of-sale systems with memory-scraping malware. They typically run Windows and have peripherals like keyboards, touch screens, barcode scanners and card readers with PIN pads.

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