RBI chief draws `2l salary
which allows attackers, memory scrapers to be very successful.
“The way to minimise this risk is by encrypting the card data as soon as possible and keeping it encrypted to the maximum extent throughout its life within the system. Point to Point Encryption (P2PE) could be used to address the issue of encrypting data in memory,” the advisory said.
It explains that skimming is the theft of classified credit/debit card data.
“A thief can obtain the victim’s credit card number using a small electronic device near the card acceptance slot and store hundreds of victims’ credit card numbers,” it said.
A social engineering attack can be engineered at these facilities by gaining trust of the owner as the fraudster poses as a member of staff. New Delhi, Dec. 4: RBI Governor Urjit Patel gets a little over `2 lakh as salary and has not been provided with any supporting staff at his residence, the central bank has said.
Mr Patel, who took over as RBI Governor in September, is presently in possession of the bank’s flat (deputy Governor’s flat) at Mumbai, it said.
“No supporting staff has been provided to the present Governor, Urjit Patel at his residence. Two cars and two drivers have been provided to the present Governor,” RBI said in response to a RTI.
The bank was asked to provide details of remuneration given to former RBI Governor Raghu ram Rajan and incumbent Patel.
For the month of October — the first full month Patel was in office as Governor — Patel got `2.09 lakh as his salary, the same amount drawn by Rajan as his August’s salary. Rajan demitted office on September 4, and was given `27,933 as remuneration for four days.
Mr Rajan assumed the charge of RBI Governor from September 5, 2013 at a monthly salary of `1.69 lakh. His salary was revised to `1.78 lakh and `1.87 lakh respectively during 2014 and March 2015. His salary was hiked to `2.09 lakh from `2.04 lakh in January this year, the RTI reply said.
Mr Rajan was provided with three cars and four drivers, according to RBI sources. — PTI