Wireless ATM card cloning, fraudsters posing as CM: Himachal police alert citizens of cyber fraud

HIMACHAL PRADESH has reported five cases of wireless bank card cloning this year in which hackers used wireless devices to clone ATM cards from a distance, cyber police said on Tuesday.

The five cases were reported from the Inter State Bus Terminals at Shimla, Solan, and Kangra, a total amount of Rs 80,000 was siphoned off from the victims’ bank accounts.

“Although the stolen amount so far is not huge, cyber security experts have a new challenge ahead of them. Gone are the days when hackers attached cloning devices or skimmers to the ATM machines. They are now using wireless technology which steals debit and credit card data without any physical contact,” said Additional Superintendent of Police Narvir Singh Rathour.