Credit card skimming is on the rise across the state, Boston police say

Law enforcement are reporting an uptick in illegal credit card skimming across the state following the discovery on Wednesday of a suspicious electronic chip inside an ATM at a convenience store in Brighton, police said.

“The Boston Police Department is aware of a recent increase in the use of credit card skimming devices across the state of Massachusetts,” the agency said in a statement.

A technician who was servicing an ATM at a store on Market Street Wednesday evening found the unauthorized electronic chip inside the machine, according to police.

The incident remains under investigation and “serves as a reminder of the methods criminals use to obtain financial information from unsuspecting victims,” police said.

Investigators urge anyone with information about the skimming device at