WASSAU, Wis.—The wave of ATM skimming attacks continues, this time hitting two CUs in Wisconsin.
Reports indicate that the attacks are focused in four central Wisconsin cities—Marshfield, Rhinelander, Tomahawk and Wausau.
"Over the past month, we have seen an increasing number of these cases," Marathon County Deputy Sheriff Matt Anderson told WSAU.com.
As CUToday.info has reported, as EMV takes hold in the U.S., thieves are turning to other methods to steal card data, and ATM skimming is one of those avenues.
WSUA reported that a skimmer recently was found on an ATM at a CoVantage Credit Union office in Wausau. Crooks also hit Simplicity Credit Union and Forward Financial Bank.
As reports this year have indicated, skimming attacks are becoming more sophisticated and harder to detect. No longer are fraudsters relying simply on external skimmers that can be detected by carefully inspecting the outside of a machine, they are placing skimmers inside the ATM, especially at gas pumps.