Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) - The central bank of Bangladesh has asked the commercial banks to install anti-skimming device in their ATM booths to check frauds.
The Bangladesh Bank’s (BB) latest move came after fraudulent cash transactions were detected at six ATM booths of three private commercial banks (PCBs) in the last week.
“We’ve also advised the banks to watch CCTV (closed-circuit television) cameras twice a day to avert such unwanted incidents,” Shubhankar Saha, spokesperson for the BB, told BBN in Dhaka,
The central bank is now working to repay the money the cardholders lost as a result of the frauds.
Hackers had made duplicate debit cards using data that were snatched away from the ATM booths of three PCBs with skimming device, according to the BB officials.
The BB detected data scanning devices set between February 6 and February 12 at the six ATM booths in Dhaka, where a number of clients of 26 banks punched in their debit or credit card information during the period.
The skimmers stole information from 203 debit/credit card users, the BB found.
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