ATM breaches more likely at stores than banks

[PePe LePew]

Experts say the answer is that an ATM's safety depends on where it is. If it's at a bank, an ATM is somewhat safer than it is in a public place, such as a ballpark, a train station or a convenience store.


Yahoo! Personal Finance

Gawd I ain't gonna use ATM anywhere, I always use my ATM at my bank, I take risk!

 

[Wokamuka]

From the article:

While consumers can't do much when hackers break into back-end computers that approve cash withdrawals in order to steal PIN codes - such as happened during last year's Citi ATM breach - the odds are slim that it will happen to you.

"It is possible to install malicious software on a banking server to capture an encrypted pin as it passes through, but it is extremely rare," according to Margot Mohsberg, a spokeswoman for the American Bankers Association.