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Is Your Bank Vulnerable to ATM Cyberattacks?

October 17, 2016 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

chip-cardYour investment success/survival is a series of smart decisions. For example, using a chip-enabled ATM and/or credit card bolsters your line of defense against cyber attacks. On our recent trip to Paris I was reminded how far ahead Europe is when it comes to chip readers. They are the norm—as you insert your card into the portable reader that they bring to your table.

But that’s not the case here in the U.S. where waiters take your card from you (possibly copying it) and it’s swiped without you being present. Chip tech in the U.S. is becoming more prevalent, but can still be a slow process. If you can switch to a chip enabled card please do so. It’s always a smart investment to improve your line of defense.

Read more here from The Wall Street Journal:

The burst of ATM-related fraud also was the largest one-year increase since FICO started keeping track of such data about a dozen years ago. Meanwhile, rates of credit-card fraud, a more popular scheme for criminals, have largely leveled off.

The push to make ATMs more secure takes on added significance this month: UnderMasterCard Inc.’s network rules, ATM operators on Oct. 21 will become liable for any fraud costs that occur if a MasterCard chip-enabled card is used at a machine that isn’t equipped with chip technology. That cost is currently borne by the card-issuing bank.Visa makes a similar shift next October.

The shift to more secure ATMs is expected to tackle the growing problem known as skimming, by which criminals rig a machine with a surreptitious device that can steal a customer’s card data, often including the personal identification number. The crook can then use the data to make a counterfeit card and drain the associated bank account.

The computer chip embedded in many new U.S. credit and debit cards fights such fraud by creating a one-time code for each transaction, limiting the ability of a thief to steal and replicate data.

“The U.S. market is definitely being targeted with card skimming,” says Owen Wild, global marketing director for enterprise fraud and security at NCR Corp., one of the largest makers of ATMs. Nonbank ATMs account for 60% of recent incidents, up from 39% in 2014, the FICO analysis found.

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E.J. Smith is Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. His focus at all times is on preparing clients and readers for “Times Like These.” E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998. E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zilldjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart (RIP) of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West and Paris. Please get in touch with E.J. at ejsmith@yoursurvivalguy.com
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