The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Friday (October 19) that a government portal that insurance agents and brokers use to help customers sign up for healthcare was hacked, with the bad guys getting off with the personal data of 75,000 people. Get the...
Apple’s chief executive Tim Cook is calling for Bloomberg to retract a story that claimed the company was the victim of an attack on its hardware that was conducted by the government of China. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
With an eye on fraud prevention, banks in the United Kingdom are slated to debut name checks to accompany bank transfers. The directive comes from Pay.UK, the U.K. payment authority. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
To open its EMV® Secure Remote Commerce (SRC) specification for public comment for a 45-day period, secure payments enabler EMVCo has issued a draft version of the specification called version 0.9. The organization wants to allow merchants, payment networks and card issuers, among other payment...
For smaller firms, the IoT has its lures and its dangers. 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 our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing...
To really beat someone, or something, one must respect and understand that person or organization, even if they dislike or loathe them. That’s ancient wisdom — “know thy enemy” — that not only applies to martial situations, but to the biggest challenges in life. Get...
A new study has found that hackers can use appliances that are connected via the Internet of Things (IoT) to set off widespread blackouts. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
A new study has found that most consumers don’t understand just how vulnerable their Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is on the internet. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...
The business of payments and commerce is not war — despite all that tough motivational talk that insists otherwise, almost always from people who’ve never suffered through combat — but war, and the preparation for it, has a way of influencing business. Just look at the...