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>> you're paid, you get your receipt, you move on. >> reporter: bypass the cash register and swipe your card on the smartphone. >> this is an iphone. >> an ipod, iphone, and also works with an ipad. you've gone into a big-box retailer, made a purchase, employee is here to help, you know, and you hand them your card, and they run the card through. >> reporter: and that's where shoppers are at risk. >> once a credit card transaction is run through, we're able to steal them off, steal the credit card transactions before they're encrypted, if they're not encrypting in the hardware. >> reporter: th...

Swipe your card on a smartphone. this is just an iphone. >> it will work with an ipad. you've gone into a big box retailer of some sort, made a purchase, employee is here to help you now, and you hand them your card, you run the card through. >> reporter: and that's where shoppers are at risk. >> once the credit card transactions are run through we're able to steal the credit card transactions before they're encrypted, if they're not encrypting in the hardware. >> the problem isn't in the card swiper attached to the phone. it's in the software retailers use to process your payments. in some ca...

Iphone. >> ipod, iphone. works with ipad. you've gone into a big box retailer, you've made a purchase, employee's here to help you now, and you handed me your card, run the card through. >> reporter: and that's where shoppers are at risk. >> once a credit card transaction is run through, we're able to steal the transactions if encrypted if they're not encrypted in the hardware. >> reporter: the problem is in the software retailers are use to process your payments. in some cases, that software doesn't hide or encrypt your personal information which makes it easy bait for hackers. they can manip...