That’s pretty slow for thieves’ bots & scripts to grab it and test it, said a researcher who posted his card online.
Tag Archives: payment cards
Alleged mastermind behind $20m stolen-card site extradited to US
Aleksei Burkov allegedly ran Cardplanet, advertised as the only shop with a guarantee: your stolen card will work, or you get a new one!
‘Iceman’ hacker charged with running drone-smuggling ring from jail
Max Ray Vision says he’s innocent of owning the phone used to orchestrate the scheme and ripping off debit cards to fund the drone purchase.
6 million cards compromised in Dixons Carphone beach – act now!
Dixons Carphone has revealed what it’s calling an “attempt to compromise 5.9 million [payment] cards”.
Trump Hotel chain investigates potential payment card breach
Credit card hackers are said to have targeted a number of hotels, possibly as far back as February 2015.
SSCC 176 – My goodness, it seems there’s been another breach [PODCAST]
Here’s the latest episode of our weekly security podcast, for your listening pleasure. Enjoy…
Data-drained Target hurries to adopt chip-and-PIN cards
The US has been dragging its heels on the expensive, laborious task of swapping its payment infrastructure for the more secure chip-and-PIN security used abroad. Still smarting from recent data theft, Target’s now apparently leading the way, promising the new cards in 2015. 