Also gut, <a href="www.google.ch" target=_blank">alle, wirklich alle druckten letzte Woche nach, was pressetext beim Wall Street Journal vom 10.10. abgeschrieben hatte: Tausende manipulierter Kreditkartenleser in Grossbritannien, Irland, Belgien, den Niederlanden und Dänemark schreiben die Nummern mit und übermitteln sie via ein ins Gerät geschmuggeltes Handyteil nach Pakistan. Wo sich ihre Spuren verlieren. Auch die Times of London berichtete davon am 12.10. Dort steht u.a.:

The bugs transmit the information by wireless technology to Lahore, Pakistan, according to a senior American counter-intelligence official. (...) The fraud was revealed by Joel Brenner, the American government’s top counter-intelligence officer.

Dr Joel Brenner, the US National Counterintelligence Executive, warned that hundreds of chip and pin machines in stores and supermarkets across Europe have been tampered with to allow details of shoppers' credit card accounts to be relayed to overseas fraudsters. These details are then used to make cash withdrawals or siphon off money from card holders' accounts in what is one of the largest scams of its kind. In an exclusive interview with The Daily Telegraph, America's counterintelligence chief said: "Previously only a nation state's intelligence service would have been capable of pulling off this type of operation. It's scary."

We are not able to comment on specific cases or give out any details as to their specific fraud investigations.