A bit off topic, but we have discussed EMV a few times. I was reading this article http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/03/cash-claws-fake-fascias-tampered-tickets/ and I thought that it is interesting that in Europe they are resorting to mechanical attacks because of the chips. But below that it mentions that thieves after managing to read the card and the PIN then clone the card in the US where there is no Chip & PIN so that they can steal the money in the account that they can't steal in Europe.
Skimming cards is so rampant in some places that police have begged the banks to implement EMV. See more at http://www.fraud-magazine.com/article.aspx?id=4294968748
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