ATMs vulnerable to ID theft

Those darn identity thieves are getting craftier all the time. Here's the latest from http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/534655/cs/1/:

"Identity theft last year put Citibank-branded ATMs in 7-Eleven stores in jeopardy in the US.

Law enforcement officials have said perpetrators penetrated a network linking 2,200 kiosks inside 7-Eleven stores with Citibank in late 2007/08.While Citibank’s logo was shown on the screen of the ATM’s, the network and machines were owned by Texas-based CardTronics, which took in monthly fees from Citi. A group of fraudsters lifted card and PIN codes from the system while their cohorts manufactured new cards that were used to get about $2m in cash from Citibank ATMs elsewhere.

A set of prepaid iWire cards was also compromised, leading to about $5 million in fraudulent withdrawals, most of which was sent to Russia."