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title: "Resource Guide: Preventing Skimming Attacks"
description: Learn more about ATM and POS skimming attacks and how to detect them in the PCI Security Standards Council resource guide.
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# [Resource Guide: Preventing Skimming Attacks](https://blog.pcisecuritystandards.org/resource-guide-preventing-skimming-attacks)

 Posted by [Lindsay Goodspeed](https://blog.pcisecuritystandards.org/author/lindsay-goodspeed) on 6 Mar, 2017 in [Small Business](https://blog.pcisecuritystandards.org/topic/small-business) and [Skimming](https://blog.pcisecuritystandards.org/topic/skimming) and [Point of Sale (POS)](https://blog.pcisecuritystandards.org/topic/point-of-sale-pos) and [Small Merchant Resources](https://blog.pcisecuritystandards.org/topic/small-merchant-resources) and [ATM Security](https://blog.pcisecuritystandards.org/topic/atm-security) and [Educational Resource](https://blog.pcisecuritystandards.org/topic/educational-resource) and [Resource Guide](https://blog.pcisecuritystandards.org/topic/resource-guide)

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“Skimming devices” sweep up your customers’ payment card data off the magnetic stripe when swiped through a card reader. Hackers use the data to create counterfeit cards and make illegal purchases. Learn more about skimming attacks and how to detect them in the PCI Security Standards Council resource guide:

 [![skimming.jpg](https://blog.pcisecuritystandards.org/hs-fs/hubfs/2017-Blog/educational-resources/skimming.jpg?width=501&name=skimming.jpg)](https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/documents/PCI%20SSC%20Skimming%20Resource%20Guide-v05.pdf)

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