Security

FBI, Secret Service investigating ATM skimmers in Ohio

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March 5, 2024

The FBI and the Secret Service are investigating a series of skimmers found at ATMs in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. Thieves are using pinhole cameras to record people as they enter their PINs at ATMs, according to a report by Fox 19.

"We've all been sharing information and communicating that we believe there have been multiple suspects come through the Cincinnati area and placed these skimmer devices on other ATMs across the area," Michael Ross, Clermont County detective, told the news outlet. "Some of the skimmer devices just read your card, this was more advanced because it also had a second part to it where it audio and video recorded you entering your PIN."

In particular, these devices can hear the tones each key makes while users enter it.

In order to avoid having your PIN number stolen, Ross recommends customers look at the ATM and see if anything is off, such as, "if something is a different color on the machine, it doesn't look like it belongs, if something on the machine is loose, if graphics don't line up on it."