Analysis: Are PIN pads insecure by design?

PIN pads - are they insecure by design?

Verifone, the manufacturer of most of the UK’s PIN card reader terminals, recently acknowledged that a researcher at the Black Hat security conference had managed to hack one of its readers. So is it time to rethink how POS devices can be maintained, managed and upgraded?

 

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