Card reader tampering detector
AssigneeThe Toronto-Dominion Bank
InventorsRobert Bruce MacKINNON, Dmitri RABINOVICH
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Abstract
A card reader tampering detector includes at least one sensor and a detector circuit coupled to the sensor(s). The detector circuit is configured to receive a sensor output from the sensor(s) when the sensor is inserted into a smartcard reader. The detector circuit is further configured to detect, from the sensor output, the presence of an unauthorized device within the smartcard reader, and provide an output signal indicative of the presence of the unauthorized device within the smartcard reader.
Claims20
A card reader tampering detector comprising:
- at least one sensor;
- and
- a detector circuit coupled to the at least one sensor and configured to (i) receive a sensor output from the at least one sensor when the at least one sensor is inserted into a smartcard reader, (ii) from the sensor output detect a presence of an unauthorized device within the smartcard reader, and (iii) provide an output signal indicative of the presence of the unauthorized device within the smartcard reader.
A method for detecting tampering of a smartcard reader, the method comprising:
- inserting at least one sensor into a smartcard reader;
- receiving, at a detector circuit, a sensor output from the at least one sensor;
- from the sensor output, detecting, at the detector circuit, a presence of an unauthorized device within the smartcard reader;
- and
- generating, at the detector circuit, an output signal indicative of the presence of the unauthorized device within the smartcard reader.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.