Paying at the pump is an automatic, thoughtless part of our week. We pull up, insert a card, and fill the tank. It’s so routine that we rarely stop to consider the risk. But in that brief, simple transaction, your financial data is incredibly vulnerable.
Criminals are deploying increasingly sophisticated gas station card skimmers that are nearly impossible to spot. The old advice to just “jiggle the card reader” is dangerously outdated. Ignoring the subtle new signs could empty your bank account before you even know you’ve been compromised.
