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Standard Practice for Examining Magnetic Card Readers

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Standard Practice for Examining Magnetic Card Readers
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Scope

1.1 Magnetic card readers, when used for illegal purposes, are commonly referred to as skimmers. This practice provides information on seizing, acquiring, and analyzing skimming devices capable of acquiring and storing personally identifiable information (PII) in an unauthorized manner.

1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

Significance and Use

4.1 As a skimming device is not typically deemed contraband in of itself, it is the responsibility of the examiner to determine if the device contains unauthorized account information. The purpose of this practice is to describe best practices for seizing, acquiring, and analyzing the data contained within magnetic card readers.

4.2 Limitations—Skimmers present unique examination challenges due to:

4.2.1 Rapid changes in technology,

4.2.2 Difficulty of device disassembly,

4.2.3 Lack of standards in use of the technology,

4.2.4 Use of alternate/repurposed components,

4.2.5 Use of encryption,

4.2.6 Multiple data encoding/modulation formats,

4.2.7 Prevention of chip identification by obfuscation of the device,

4.2.8 Availability of training and documentation,

4.2.9 Lack of chip information/documentation,

4.2.10 Lack of adapters available for chip reading,

4.2.11 Lack of software’s ability to support reading chip data, and

4.2.12 Lack of commercial software available to analyze encrypted data extracted from skimmers.

Keywords

magnetic card reader; personally identifiable information; skimmer ;

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14.02 (General Test Methods; Forensic Psychophysiology; Forensic Sciences; Terminology; Conformity Assessment; Statistical Methods; Nanotechnology; Forensic Engineering; Manufacture of Pharmaceutical Products)

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Document Number

ASTM-E3017-15

Revision Level

2015 EDITION

Status

Superseded

Modification Type

New

Publication Date

July 15, 2015

Document Type

Practice

Page Count

8 pages

Committee Number

E30.12