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Skimmer

A magnetic card reader, specifically when used for an illegal purpose.

Committee

Digital Evidence

Date Added to Lexicon

06/12/2023

Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)

ANSI/ASTM E3017-19 Standard Practice for Examining Magnetic Card Readers. ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428, 2019. Source link

Reprinted, with permission, from ASTM E1732-24e1 Standard Terminology Relating to Forensic Science, copyright ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428. A copy of the complete standard is available from ASTM International, https://www.astm.org