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 MIAMI BEACH (CBSMiami) – Miami Beach police have released surveillance video of two men who were caught on camera placing a card skimmer over a credit/debit scanner at a gas station. 
 
 It happened Wednesday, around 9:30 p.m., at Chevron at 1453 Alton Road. 
 
 On the video, one of the men distracts the clerk while the other places the skimmer over the payment keypad located near the register. It took less than three seconds to put it in place. 
 
 They both then left the gas station. 
 
 The following day, the gas station’s morning clerk called the cops after the skimmer became loose on the keypad. 
 
 After reviewing surveillance video, Miami Beach police have asked for the public’s for help in identifying the two men seen in the video. Anyone with information is urged to contact Miami Dade Crime Stoppers at (305) 471-TIPS. ||||| Having shown that they can harvest your personal information and bypass the security of major corporations, hackers seem to have a new interest these days: Stealing gasoline. 
 
 Police in Detroit are looking into an apparent hack at a gas station that allowed people to steal more than 600 gallons of gas, valued at over $1,800. While technical details are scarce, the station attendant said he was unable to shut down the pump using usual methods. 
 
 Authorities believe the thieves used some sort of remote device to take control of the pump. At least 10 cars filled up for free during that time. 
 
 What sounds like an isolated incident is actually happening more than you might think. One week ago, police just north of Austin, Texas arrested a man for using an “elaborate” device to steal at least $800 worth of gas from a station that was closed at the time. And in June, a BP employee in New Jersey was arrested for allegedly manipulating gas pump computers to steal over $300,000. 
 
 Hackers, of course, have long used credit card skimmers at gas pumps to get drivers’ financial information. This is a new type of attack. 
 
 Security experts have long warned that gas pumps were vulnerable to hackers. In 2015, the loose hacker alliance Anonymous reportedly exploited vulnerabilities on Internet-connected gas pumps. That led TrendMicro to begin research that found pumps were easy to crack, due to flaws in the Internet-connected systems that track fuel levels and other component. 
 
 In March, Kaspersky Lab sounded another alarm about security flaws at gas stations, saying it found security gaps that could make over 1,000 stations vulnerable to hackers. The company mentioned in that report said at the time it had upgraded its software to strengthen its defenses. 
 
 The alleged hacks in Detroit and other areas come as gas prices continue to rise to their highest point in four years in some areas.
– Police are looking for two men spotted installing a credit card skimmer on a point-of-sale system at a Miami Beach gas station on Wednesday. As a Digg post observes, the ease of the whole operation is "frankly terrifying." A surveillance video shows two men approach the counter of a Chevron around 9:30pm, reports CBS Miami. While one man asks the attendant to grab some items from behind the counter, a second man pulls a device from his bag and places it over the station's payment terminal. He backs away as another customer approaches, then adjusts the device. The entire installation took less than three seconds. The pair then left the store. Only when the skimmer came loose the next day did a gas station employee realize what had happened and call police. As the men weren't able to return to collect the device—which nabs debit or credit card information when a card is swiped—customers are in luck. But similar devices may go undiscovered at similar high-traffic areas. Your safest bet is to use ATMs inside a bank, though credit cards are safer than debit cards elsewhere since they have better fraud protections, advises Credit.com. (You might want to consider freezing your credit reports, too.)