沃尔玛将“贞操腰带”更改为秘密盗窃后的自我检查机器

沃尔玛（Walmart）在几次秘密盗窃案后正在改变他们的自我检查机器，但有些人将新机器配音为“贞操腰带”。

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."

主要零售商沃尔玛（Walmart）在几次未公开的盗窃案之后，正在改变其自我检查机器，但有些人将新机器配音为“贞操腰带”。

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.

这家零售商一直在努力帮助客户节省杂货店价格，在杂货店价格上涨的情况下，在浏览卡片浏览后，在读卡器的销钉垫上增加了一个鲜黄色的“腰带”。

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.

一位被称为Mateo360的Reddit用户声称是沃尔玛员工，他张贴了一张机器的照片，上面写着“我的经理称其为针垫的贞操腰带”。这是另一个Reddit帖子，其中包含带有类似小工具的沃尔玛读卡器的图像，并传播了传播的繁文tape节。

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

一位Reddit用户写道：“我认为这可能会保护读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.

另一个人评论说：“如果仔细观察，您会发现那些黄色的边缘实际上在向外突出，例如ATM处的销钉周围的盖子。”

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.

卡片撇渣是当某人非法安装撇油设备时，通常会在读卡器中或用假叠加层附上键盘上的弹药设备，以获取某人的个人数据。

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.

这可能会导致未经授权的交易，身份盗用和制造卡的创建。犯罪分子偶尔还会安装针孔摄像头，这些摄像头可以捕获要输入键盘的针数。

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，沃尔玛还从其一些商店中删除了自我检查机器，希望这将减少非法活动的频率。

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.

购物者和沃尔玛员工可以通过多种方式判断机器是否已被妥协。读卡器宽松，偏离中心或有摆动的零件可能表明它已经受到影响。该机器还可能具有比正常或不同颜色的键盘更厚的。

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“贞操带”的情况下，据报道，该小工具阻止了终端被撇渣器覆盖。员工和购物者还会知道，如果机器注意到机器上的繁文tape节是否缺失或损坏，他们是否已篡改了一台机器。

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.

根据《每日邮报》的报道，2024年的卡撇渣器被偷走了231,000张卡，比上一年减少了27％。但是，沃尔玛在全国范围内仍然是一个频繁的卡片目标。

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，两名男子被抓到在康涅狄格州的自我检查机器中安装假针垫。 3月，在整个弗吉尼亚州的沃尔玛商店和宾夕法尼亚州的三家商店中还发现了掠夺设备。