Payments and commerce fraud has its own ecosystem, one that includes criminals, servers and other computing devices, IP addresses, compromised payment cards and stolen personal data, and even houses and other physical locations. The various parts come together to produce a nefarious whole, one that...
In the latest Digital Fraud Tracker Deep Dive, PYMNTS examines the authentication challenges posed by PSD2, GDPR and other data sharing initiatives.
Following a data breach at learning platform Lynda in 2016, two hackers were indicted in Florida this month on charges of extortion and hacking. One alleged hacker lived in Florida, while the other was a Canadian citizen who was a Toronto resident, according to reports....
Call it the week of tokenized credentials on file, the week of EMVCo and the week of SRC. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to...
Even as the SEC wants companies to be vigilant about cybersecurity, BEC claims new victims, among them DC government officials. Elsewhere, a trio of the most wanted fraud suspects have gone missing and regulators in Asia want the public's help in tracking them down
Would one lock a Ducati to a lamppost with a loop of dental floss? Well, that’s about the equivalent of what’s protecting an estimated $250B in global loyalty rewards — most accounts are protected by just a four-digit PIN, says Peter R. Maeder, co-founder of...
Facebook got hit with a $644,600 fine in the U.K. after the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) ruled that the social media network operator was engaged in “serious breaches of data protection.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
A deep dive into the latest global digital identity credential developments in Estonia, India, Japan and the United States.
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