Building a payment card skimmer database

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CovenanteeUniversity of Colorado Boulder
Document typeBachelor thesis
Date2020-06
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Abstract
Amb l'auge de les targetes de crèdit com a part integral de l'economia, els delictes relacionats amb elles ha augmentat corresponentment. Una de les maneres més comunes de robar les dades de targetes de crèdit és a través de skimmers als sortidors de gasolina. L'skimmer consisteix en una simple PCB (circuit imprès) que és insertada dins el sortidor per robar les dades de les targetes dels clients. Les despeses com a causa del frau poden arribar fins als milers per persona. Grups criminals instal·len diversos skimmers a través de comtats i estats dels Estats Units. Quan els skimmers són descoberts eventualment, és pràcticament impossible dur a terme una investigació policial satisfactòriament. Els departaments policials rarament colaboren sobre aquests casos que abasten diversos comtats i estats, el qual elimina qualsevol possibilitat de ser resolts. Skimmer Tracker és una aplicació web que permet a departaments policials publicar els skim- mers que hagin trobat. Compartint l'evidència de diferents casos pretenem connectar-los com a part del mateix cas a través d'anàlisi basat en visió per computador. With the rise of credit cards as an integral part of the economy, crime related to them has risen accordingly. One of the most common ways to steal credit card data is through skimmers in gas-pumps. The skimmer device consists of a simple PCB (printed circuit board), and it is inserted inside the gas-pump to steal consumer's credit cards. Incurred costs due to fraud can go well into the thousands per person. Criminals install multiple skimmers across counties and states in the US. When skimmers are eventually discovered it is practically impossible for police to conduct a successful investigation on them. Police departments rarely collaborate on these sorts of cases that span different counties and states, which eliminates any possibility of them being solved. Skimmer Tracker is a web application that lets law enforcement agencies publish the skimmers they find. With this sharing of evidence we aim to group different skimmers and connect them as part of the same case through computer vision based analysis.
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