The Toronto-Dominion Bank
SERVER AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY DISABLING A COMPROMISED POINT-OF-SALE TERMINAL

Abstract:

A terminal management server includes a data transceiver, and a data processor in communication with the data transceiver. The data transceiver is configured to receive from a point-of-sale terminal data indicative of a violation detected by the point-of-sale terminal of one or more security parameters. The violation is indicative of a compromise of the point-of-sale terminal. The data processor is configured to (i) classify the detected violation as potential fraudulent activity, and (ii) in response to the data processor classifying the detected violation as potential fraudulent activity, cause the data transceiver to send a command to the point-of-sale terminal disabling functionality of the point-of-sale terminal. One or more of the security parameters may include a status of a network connection between the point-of-sale terminal and the terminal management server, and the detected violation may include a termination of the network connection.