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Flat-style digital illustration showing an ATM with a skimming device, a bank building, and a data center connected by dotted lines, representing shared security risks. On the right, a masked cybercriminal uses a laptop to illustrate ongoing skimming threats. Lock icons and data symbols emphasize compromised systems. The background is light beige with navy, teal, and orange tones, and a navy-blue bar at the bottom displays the blog title in bold white text: ‘Skimming Risks for ATMs, Banks, and Data Centers: Why the Threat Has Not Disappeared’.
Flat-style digital illustration showing an ATM with a skimming device, a bank building, and a data center connected by dotted lines, representing shared security risks. On the right, a masked cybercriminal uses a laptop to illustrate ongoing skimming threats. Lock icons and data symbols emphasize compromised systems. The background is light beige with navy, teal, and orange tones, and a navy-blue bar at the bottom displays the blog title in bold white text: ‘Skimming Risks for ATMs, Banks, and Data Centers: Why the Threat Has Not Disappeared’.
Flat-style digital illustration showing an ATM with a skimming device, a bank building, and a data center connected by dotted lines, representing shared security risks. On the right, a masked cybercriminal uses a laptop to illustrate ongoing skimming threats. Lock icons and data symbols emphasize compromised systems. The background is light beige with navy, teal, and orange tones, and a navy-blue bar at the bottom displays the blog title in bold white text: ‘Skimming Risks for ATMs, Banks, and Data Centers: Why the Threat Has Not Disappeared’.

Skimming is often perceived as a legacy threat, something banks already solved years ago. In reality, skimming has evolved rather than disappeared. While classic card-overlay attacks are less common, modern skimming techniques target multiple layers of the ATM and banking ecosystem, including ATMs, branch infrastructure, and even data centers.

Niklas Damhofer

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