Man used MP3 player to hack ATMs

A man in Manchester, England has been convicted of using an MP3 player to hack cash machines. Maxwell Parsons, 41, spent £200,000 of other people’s money after using the machine to read card details. Parsons plugged his MP3 player into the back of free standing cash machines and was able to use it to read data about customers’ cards. That data could then be used to ‘clone’ cards and use them for bogus purchases.

I don’t really understand how an mp3 player can “record” sounds, but that’s besides the point. Another unique and innovative way to rip innocent people off. Whether or not they fix the problem seems to be up in the air.