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Thieves have been stealing credit card info at gas pumps. Now there's an app to foil them.

by Shalina Chatlani

Sep 6, 2019

"Skimmers" capture credit card data and can transmit it wirelessly to criminals.

Skimmer circuits can record thousands of credit card numbers and transmit them via Bluetooth to a criminal’s computer.

Shalina Chatlani/KPBS

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