Charges filed against Angel Angulo and Crystal Banuelos are a reminder of how much hackers have improved their techniques in just four years. The hands-on POS attack involved physically replacing POS devices at cashiers’ checkout lanes at 80 Michaels locations in 19 states. The advent of the EMV chip – which will eventually replace the magnetic stripe – will definitely make POS attacks less attractive to fraudsters. But we all have to be bracing for something new around the corner, says cybersecurity attorney Chris Pierson.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/blogs/michaels-breach-what-weve-learned-p-1910