Thursday, January 25, 2018

GUEST ESSAY: Yes, chip cards are secure — so hackers are taking aim at ‘mag-striped’ gift cards

Thanks to U.S. banks abandoning magnetic striped payment cards, in favor of much more secure Europay-Mastercard-Visa (EMV) chip cards, the threat of criminals creating faked “mag-striped” credit and debit cards impregnated with stolen personal data is largely behind us. Related article: How a 19-year-old ran a bogus credit card empire Banks in Europe, Canada and […]

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