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robot hacker skills were used for evil (the real kind)
« on: November 22, 2009, 11:06:45 PM »
Remember hearing in the news how scammers stole credit card numbers by modifying checkout machines? Look real careful at the image, and you'll see a SparkFun Bluetooth device hooked up to the UART of the checkout machine . . . clever . . . I applaud the police for tracking this down quickly. The second page has the news story.

http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorial/news/SparkFun-PINScam.pdf

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Re: robot hacker skills were used for evil (the real kind)
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2009, 11:40:48 PM »
 :o Not sparkfun! These must've been some smart cookies!
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Re: robot hacker skills were used for evil (the real kind)
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2009, 05:00:46 AM »
It just goes to show, with the right knowlage you can do anything with electronics.
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