ATM&Payment Security

#Fraud prevention and #security related tweets from Executive Director of the European Association for Secure Transactions (#EAST).

[ATM&Payment Security @SecurityATM]

EAST has published a European Payment Terminal Crime Report covering 2025 which highlights a massive increase in reported data relay attacks.

For more information see 👇

https://t.co/JULz3isa4w

[ATM&Payment Security @SecurityATM]

The 24th Meeting of the EAST EPTF took place yesterday with 8 people in the room and 8 online. In-depth discussions took place on Data Relay attacks (Card-to-Terminal), Social engineering (phishing and vishing), and Caller ID spoofing.

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https://t.co/n2Qybtb1o6

[ATM&Payment Security @SecurityATM]

Thanks to @INTERPOL_HQ / @INTERPOL_Cyber for this Global Financial Fraud Threat Assessment that shows fraud is no longer a peripheral threat and is at the centre of polycriminality, intersecting with organized crime, human trafficking and cybercrime 👇
https://t.co/JEJB9HKUPd

[ATM&Payment Security @SecurityATM]

Big thanks to Rui C. Carvalho for representing EAST and to the PAN-Nordic Card Association and Finance Finland for inviting EAST to participate in their meetings to present on this important topic 👇
https://t.co/bDmm7NXR85

[ATM&Payment Security @SecurityATM]

EAST has just published its first Fraud Update for 2026 based on country crime updates given by 19 countries in the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), and 1 non-SEPA country, at the 12th EAST Global Congress.

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https://t.co/3I8wVv5kbI

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The 25th Meeting of the EAST Expert Group on ATM and ATS Physical Attacks (EGAP) took place on Wednesday 11th March 2026 hosted by @ecb in Frankfurt, with 50 people participating. Those who attended in-person can be seen below.

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https://t.co/1rjsDh32xW

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The 12th EAST Global Congress took place today in Paris. The key focus was on the sharing of payment and terminal fraud intelligence. The focus was on data relay attacks, social engineering, payment fraud, and physical attacks.

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https://t.co/Tw9ZMVqvRu

[ATM&Payment Security @SecurityATM]

The 37th Meeting of EAST EGAF took place today hosted by @Europol in The Hague

Discussion focussed on ATM logical fraud and malware attacks and on recent and forthcoming developments relating to data relay attacks (contact and contactless)

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https://t.co/lFruqXKytV

[ATM&Payment Security @SecurityATM]

As 2025 draws to a close thank you to everyone who has contributed to the success and continued development of EAST.  It has been another very busy year. Best wishes to all for a merry Christmas, and for a happy New Year!

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https://t.co/F1vpx8jXeY

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A major international cryptocurrency fraud and money laundering network has been taken down in an operation, supported by @Europol. The criminals laundered over €700 million through a labyrinth of cryptocurrency exchanges.

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https://t.co/Jyxex9Id97

[ATM&Payment Security @SecurityATM]

Six members of a criminal network that stole £700,000 from ATMs across the UK have been jailed.From February to December 2024 the Romanian gang illegally withdrew large sums of money from ATM machines using transaction reversal fraud (TRF ).

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https://t.co/j1COhGk8hA

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Caller ID spoofing occurs when criminals falsify the information displayed on phones, making numbers appear legitimate to deceive victims, typically for for online fraud and social engineering scams.

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https://t.co/mN8HiORu2y

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EAST has published its third Fraud Update for 2025 based on crime updates given by representatives of 19 countries in the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), and 2 non-SEPA countries, at the 11th EAST Global Congress held on 8 October 2025.

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https://t.co/6Xd2p2KkmX

[ATM&Payment Security @SecurityATM]

The 23rd Meeting of EAST EPTF took place today covering Caller ID spoofing, Digital Wallet fraud, Data Relay attacks, BIN and card testing attacks, Merchant fraud, Social engineering, Romance fraud, Investment fraud, and Awareness campaigns.
For more see👇
https://t.co/lbHcKtEDVI

[ATM&Payment Security @SecurityATM]

Europol and Eurojust have assisted an international law enforcement effort that led to the takedown of a ‘Cybercrime-as-a-service’ criminal network and related infrastructure.

For more information see 👇

https://t.co/dAxmCIOnIS

[ATM&Payment Security @SecurityATM]

EAST has published a European Payment Terminal Crime Report covering H1 2025 which highlights an increase in data relay attacks. Terminal related fraud attacks were up 25% primarily due a rise in data relay attacks, which increased by 1,500%

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https://t.co/8VAY9QKXEu

[ATM&Payment Security @SecurityATM]

The 11th EAST Global Congress took place today at Worldline in Milan. The key focus was on the sharing of payment and terminal fraud intelligenc, with a focus on data relay attacks, social engineering, payment fraud, and physical attacks.

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https://t.co/fZ3rFmvNxC

[ATM&Payment Security @SecurityATM]

With digital devices in almost every pocket and on every desk, and digital infrastructure running every organization, cybercrime has become a major threat worldwide. It potentially affects us all!

For @Interpol Spotlight analysis see 👇

https://t.co/3gN3GjbIvM

[ATM&Payment Security @SecurityATM]

The 36th Meeting of EAST EGAF took place yesterday. Discussion focussed on transaction reversal fraud (TRF) and on recent developments relating to data relay attacks (contact and contactless) and to ATM logical, and malware attacks.

https://t.co/nioU7dbIwy

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A high-value cybercrime suspect has been added to the EU Most Wanted list. The individual deployed the LockerGoga #ransomware to carry out his attacks.
The U.S. DOJ has announced a reward of up to $10m for information leading to his arrest.

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https://t.co/WZTI1oa7Ox