The Amazon marketplace has banned the sale of the Flipper Zero portable multifunctional, which it considers a potential device for hackers to read bank card data. It has been reported Sleep Computer.
The article states, “Devices are listed as ‘Theft and Theft Devices’ on Amazon Seller Central under the Restricted Products category, next to key duplicating devices and anti-theft devices.”
Links to previously accessed pages from Flipper Zero on Amazon are currently broken, and “Sorry, we couldn’t find this page. Try searching or go to the Amazon homepage.”
A notice sent to an Amazon seller reads, “Amazon policy prohibits the sale or listing of card review devices.”
Flipper Zero is a portable multifunctional tool developed by Russian Pavel Zhovner. The gadget is used by cybersecurity professionals, it allows you to work with a wide variety of equipment, including operations similar to those performed by hackers.
Flipper Zero is home to a virtual pet dolphin that feeds off various hacking activities carried out by cybersecurity researchers. The device does not use illegal or otherwise unavailable equipment.
formerly the Brazilian national telecommunications agency the party was seized Fin Zero.