MP3s for bank robbers

Edvarcl Heng  |  Nov 17, 2006

Maxwell Parson must have scored some kind of record. The UK-based thief used an ordinary MP3 player to swipe transaction data from ATMs and uses it to clone credit cards. According to the Times Online, the tech-savvy thief employed an MP3 player to record the audio tones an ATM machine transmits via a phone line. In total, 200,000 pounds were stolen via this loophole.

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