Pin number theft on the rise for debit and credit cards.

"Skilled hackers are now capable of perpetrating large-scale data breaches that leave hundreds of thousands -- and in many cases tens of millions -- of individuals at risk of identity theft," said Rita Glavin, who heads the Justice Department's criminal division.
Rather than purchasing goods with stolen credit card numbers, criminal organizations have recently begun to engage in "PIN cashing," Glavin said. They disseminate stolen financial information immediately to criminals who promptly withdraw money from ATMs all over the world. In one recent case, PIN cashers made 9,000 withdrawals totaling $5 million in less than 48 hours from four compromised prepaid debit card accounts.



Link: http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/31/identity.theft/index.html