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in Henry County have an urgent warning
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for people at the checkout counter they
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say thieves have been using skimmers to
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swipe credit card information at stores
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across the country Fox Rob derenzo joins
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us at the live desk tonight Rob what do
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people need to know about this to
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protect themselves hey there guys good
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evening to you both well the Henry
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County cops say these bad guys are
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targeting people who use their cards to
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swipe at the checkout they haven't told
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us exactly where they've found these
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devices but I did speak with two cyber
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security analysts who say that the
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scheme is becoming all too
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common they come up to a Walmart a Home
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Depot a Best Buy some place that's big
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and super busy investigators in Henry
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County say the thieves have been
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targeting self checkout terminals at
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stores across the county here's what
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they do they sneak covers like this one
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over the car Terminals and most people
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never even realize it it listens in for
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the data swipe it and later at another
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point that same individual will come in
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with a wireless device and be able to
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bring the data across to a USB thumb
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drive if they if they have to you can
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buy these things they're very
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inexpensive John Powell is a partner at
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the atlanta-based mor hson who's focused
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on cyber security he says the culprits
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tend to buy these phony terminal covers
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in bulk if it doesn't look right it's
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probably not right if the card readers
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kind of falling off or not quite secure
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pay close attention to those terminals
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if they look a little odd from the other
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ones if they kind of rattle the devices
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in Henry County police are warning about
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have only targeted those who use
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magnetic stripes to swipe and pay but
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other devices can also read the chips
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both experts we spoke with say at the
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moment Tap and Pay is the way to go I
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would never say foolproof uh
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unfortunately I think the best way right
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now the most secure way is to use an
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Apple pay or a Google pay or some form
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of that that NFC or that nearfield
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communication you have to be close very
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close to be able to read it and it's
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encrypted from the from your phone to
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the terminal hey guys tonight in Henry
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County say their investigation is active
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and they want to hear from you
