JANESVILLE, Wis. – As many as two dozen accounts at Blackhawk Community CU may have been accessed by unauthorized users who obtained the numbers and PINs from ‘skimmers’. Members reported unauthorized transactions on their accounts in the Chicago suburbs, at Wal-Marts and gas stations. Officials are not clear when the skimming took place, but they believe it occurred early in the summer, in June or July. Skimming is when a third party uses a device attached to a point-of-sale, often a gas pump, that secretly records a user’s credit or debit card number and PIN. Credit union officials said they reimbursed the affected members for the unauthorized transactions.
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