Preventing Skimming at the Pump
This week’s Convenience Matters podcast talks about how retailers can protect their fuel dispensers from skimming.
Feb 13, 2019
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – On this week’s episode of Convenience Matters, “Skimming, Shimming, Shamming, Etcetera,” host Jeff Lenard talks with Paige Anderson, NACS director of government relations, and Linda Toth, director of standards for Conexxus, about keeping customer data safe at the pump.
Toth explains that skimming is the method by which [criminals] obtain customer card data from the magnetic strip to create a counterfeit card to use either online or in stores. And with EMV compliance just 18 months away, “the window of opportunity for thieves to get this data is closing.”
Anderson and Toth point out that retailers have many options to protect their business from skimming; however, the one action every retailer can take is changing out the universal locks on their fuel dispensers. “Making sure those locks are unique is one basic security requirement…it doesn’t cost much and can be done easily,” said Anderson.
Additional guidance and resources on skimming prevention, including Conexxus-hosted webinars, are available at convenience.org/skimming.
Each week a new Convenience Matters episode is released. The podcast can be downloaded on iTunes, Google Play, YouTube and other podcast apps, and at conveniencematters.com. Episodes have been downloaded by listeners more than 60,000 times in 80 countries.
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