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Criminals Have Found a Way to Replace the Chips on Credit Cards
2018-04-09 16:46:11| Extremetech
Criminals have found a way to steal chip-and-pin credit and debit cards by replacing the chip with a dummy unit. The post Criminals Have Found a Way to Replace the Chips on Credit Cards appeared first on ExtremeTech.
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Criminals Are Replacing Chips on New Debit Cards
2018-04-06 18:15:04| PC Magazine Security Product Guide
The new cards are intercepted in the mail, the chips get switched out, and bank accounts are drained before anyone realizes there's a problem.
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IMF says digital currency tech can be used against crypto criminals
2018-03-13 17:06:26| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
IMF head Christine Lagarde says the technology behind crypto-currencies could stop their nefarious use.
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JustGiving targeted by criminals for money laundering
2017-09-15 11:14:13| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The fundraising website has shut nearly 100 appeal pages because it believes they were fraudulent.
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'Frighteningly easy' for criminals to get Visa card details, study claims
2016-12-02 11:36:03| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
It is "frighteningly easy" for criminals to get security details for a Visa debit or credit cards, according to research from Newcastle University.