WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Secret Service issued the following press release:
PORTLAND, OR - The U.S. Secret Service, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Seattle Police Department, and the Portland Police Department, conducted a successful and widespread payment card skimming outreach operation across three cities over the past week.
Joint Operation Pacific Northwest took place October 20-27th in Seattle, Anchorage and Portland. Secret Service analysts, agents and personnel from our partner agencies visited 463 businesses, leaving educational materials and inspecting 822 point-of sale terminals, 720 gas pumps and 267 ATMs.
While no skimmers were found during the searches...