Laying Traps for Skimmers

摘要

Lt. Travis Martinez of the City of Redlands PolicernDepartment, in California, has a saying: “You can’trncatch a fish if your fishing pole’s in the garage.”rnMartinez applied the metaphor to a case hernhandled last year. The “fish” was the culprit orrnculprits who, in June of 2014, installed skimmers –rnsmall devices that steal payment card informationrn– in fuel dispensers at two gas stations in Redlands,rna town of about 70,000, around 60 miles east ofrnLos Angeles.