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|Link=http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Dexter+virus+targets+point+sale+terminals/7702029/story.html www.ottawacitizen.com
|Author=Vito Pilieci
|NomRevue=Ottawa Citizen
|Date=2012-12-28
|Editor=Postmedia Network Inc.
|Year=2012
|Botnet=Dexter
|Abstract=Cyber criminals out to steal credit card data have found a way to insert a computer virus directly into the hand-held point-of-sale terminals used at merchants around the world.

The virus, dubbed Dexter, represents a new threat for consumers in the heavy Christmas shopping season.

Until now, getting consumer card information from point-of-sale (POS) terminals has generally been labour-intensive. Criminals have had to steal the units to extract the data, or hide devices designed to read a card’s magnetic stripe on or near the terminals.
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