沃爾瑪將“貞操腰帶”更改為秘密盜竊後的自我檢查機器

沃爾瑪（Walmart）在幾次秘密盜竊案後正在改變他們的自我檢查機器，但有些人將新機器配音為“貞操腰帶”。

Major retailer Walmart is making a change to its self-checkout machines following several undisclosed thefts, but some are dubbing the new machines a "chastity belt."

主要零售商沃爾瑪（Walmart）在幾次未公開的盜竊案之後，正在改變其自我檢查機器，但有些人將新機器配音為“貞操腰帶”。

The retailer, which has been striving to help customers save money and time amid rising grocery prices, added a bright yellow "belt" atop the pin pads of the card reader after a surge in card skimming.

這家零售商一直在努力幫助客戶節省雜貨店價格，在雜貨店價格上漲的情況下，在瀏覽卡片瀏覽後，在讀卡器的銷釘墊上增加了一個鮮黃色的“腰帶”。

A Reddit user known as mateo360, who claims to be a Walmart employee, posted a photo of the machine captioned "my manager called it a chastity belt for the pin pad." This follows another Reddit post featuring an image of a Walmart card reader with a similar gadget, and red tape that went viral.

一位被稱為Mateo360的Reddit用戶聲稱是沃爾瑪員工，他張貼了一張機器的照片，上面寫著“我的經理稱其為針墊的貞操腰帶”。這是另一個Reddit帖子，其中包含帶有類似小工具的沃爾瑪讀卡器的圖像，並傳播了傳播的繁文tape節。

"I think this might be protecting the reader from people attaching skimmers," a Reddit user wrote.

一位Reddit用戶寫道：“我認為這可能會保護讀者免受附加撇渣器的侵害。”

"If you look closely, you can see that those yellow edges are actually protruding outward, like the cover around the pin pad at an ATM," another person commented.

另一個人評論說：“如果仔細觀察，您會發現那些黃色的邊緣實際上在向外突出，例如ATM處的銷釘周圍的蓋子。”

Card skimming is when someone illegally installs a skimming device, usually into the card reader or attached to the keypad with a fake overlay, to obtain someone's personal data.

卡片撇渣是當某人非法安裝撇油設備時，通常會在讀卡器中或用假疊加層附上鍵盤上的彈藥設備，以獲取某人的個人數據。

This could lead to unauthorized transactions, identity theft, and counterfeit card creation. Criminals also occasionally install pinhole cameras, which can capture pin numbers being entered into the keypad.

這可能會導致未經授權的交易，身份盜用和製造卡的創建。犯罪分子偶爾還會安裝針孔攝像頭，這些攝像頭可以捕獲要輸入鍵盤的針數。

In addition to new tools, Walmart has also removed self-checkout machines from some of its stores, hoping this will lessen the frequency of illegal activity.

除了新工具外，沃爾瑪還從其一些商店中刪除了自我檢查機器，希望這將減少非法活動的頻率。

There are ways shoppers and Walmart employees can tell if a machine has been compromised. A card reader that's loose, off-center, or has parts that wiggle could indicate that it has been affected. The machine could also have a thicker-than-normal or different-colored keypad.

購物者和沃爾瑪員工可以通過多種方式判斷機器是否已被妥協。讀卡器寬鬆，偏離中心或有擺動的零件可能表明它已經受到影響。該機器還可能具有比正常或不同顏色的鍵盤更厚的。

In the case of the "chastity belt," the gadget is reportedly preventing the terminal from being covered by skimmers. Employees and shoppers will also know if a machine has been tampered with if they notice red tape on the machine is missing or damaged.

在“貞操帶”的情況下，據報導，該小工具阻止了終端被撇渣器覆蓋。員工和購物者還會知道，如果機器注意到機器上的繁文tape節是否缺失或損壞，他們是否已篡改了一台機器。

According to the Daily Mail, over 231,000 cards were stolen by card skimmers in 2024, a 27 percent decrease from the previous year. However, Walmart continues to be a frequent card-skimming target throughout the nation.

根據《每日郵報》的報導，2024年的卡撇渣器被偷走了231,000張卡，比上一年減少了27％。但是，沃爾瑪在全國范圍內仍然是一個頻繁的卡片目標。

Last summer, two men were caught installing fake pin pads into self-checkout machines in Connecticut. In March, skimming devices were also found in Wal-Mart stores throughout Virginia and three stores in Pennsylvania.

去年夏天，兩名男子被抓到在康涅狄格州的自我檢查機器中安裝假針墊。 3月，在整個弗吉尼亞州的沃爾瑪商店和賓夕法尼亞州的三家商店中還發現了掠奪設備。