Experts say NFC skimmer was failed test

摘要

Las Vegas – The U.S. Secret Service’s Philadelphia Field Officewarning last year of a new skimmer that steals payment cardinformation from near field communication (NFC) devices at gaspumps turned out to be premature, according to law enforcementofficials speaking at the Western Petroleum Marketers Associationconvention here.The “contactless” skimmer that was found early last year was notoperational and likely only in test phase, Megan Gevry, a special agentwith the U.S. Secret Service, and Matt Jogodka, a detective with the LasVegas Metropolitan Police Department, told OPIS.