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So the ones used in the USA are susceptible to a man in the middle attack? i.e. Somebody stealing the CC, pin or other secret while using a merchants terminal.
by corpMaverick 9y ago
So the ones used in the USA are susceptible to a man in the middle attack? i.e. Somebody stealing the CC, pin or other secret while using a merchants terminal.
- digi_owl 9y agoYes and no. A chip can't be copied like a mag strip can, so it is safe from the classic skimmers. Also a pin is worthless on its own. I have however read about a kind of mitm attack that was demoed in the UK. It involved a device sitting between the card and the terminal, and it made the chip think the terminal was doing a signature payment, while the terminal thought the chip had validated the pin.