Debit cards cloned at ATMs

Hyderabad: The cloning of debit cards is increasing alarmingly in the city with crooks finding new ways to copy data from the cards. The most common way to steal card data is to use extra swiping machines secretly at petrol pumps and supermarkets when customers’ attention gets diverted. Now the crooks are also tampering ATMs using thin magnetic strips which can copy data from debit cards. Cyber crime officials say the difficult- to-notice...