What if you could have your credit card information stolen just by using it — to buy gas at a gas station?
It’s a practice called “skimming,” and 13 people have been indicted in what authorities describe as a multi-state skimming ring that stole credit card information. from gas pumps in Texas, Georgia and South Carolina, Wired’s Threat Level blog reports.
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