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Russian hackers sentenced to prison in US for compromising 160 million credit cards

19

Feb

2018

Two Muscovites have been sentenced to years in prison for their roles in the biggest data breach conspiracy ever prosecuted in the United States. Three co-conspirators are still at large.

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The US is finally switching over from insecure credit card signatures to PINs

10

Feb

2014

US banks and merchants are shifting to a more secure way of authorizing credit card transactions in which customers will enter a personal identification number (PIN) at checkout instead of signing a receipt. The US is the last major market in the world using the signature system, which is part of the reason why a disproportionate […]

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Diablo 3 Patch Limits Content for up to 72 Hours to “Combat Fraud”

22

Jun

2012

It seems that Blizzard, creators of Diablo 3 have walked into a bit of a kerfuffle (technical term) in their bid to clamp down on credit card fraud, botting and auction house shenanigans: owners of the digital version of the game (not the physical, store-bought copy) are limited to the first chunk of game and […]

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Russian hackers sentenced to prison in US for compromising 160 million credit cards

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