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Hackers Stole AeroGrow Customer Credit Card Info
April 05, 2019

AeroGrow, maker of the at-home garden kit AeroGarden, has revealed that its website was infected with credit card scraping malware for more than four months. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

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Ex-FBI On The Onion Approach To Battling Cyber Criminals
April 05, 2019

When it comes to combating payments fraud, it helps to have insight from one who’s been in the trenches. 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...

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China Acknowledges US Cyber Hacking, IP Theft Concerns
April 04, 2019

China has finally admitted that the U.S. has a point when it comes to its concerns about IP theft, forced technology transfer and cyber hacking. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

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Georgia Tech Data Breach Leaves 1.3M Exposed
April 04, 2019

The Georgia Institute of Technology confirmed that it suffered a data breach that has exposed the personal information of 1.3 million current and former faculty members, students, staff and student applicants. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Care.com’s (Initial) Lessons For Online Marketplaces
April 03, 2019

As the recent Care.com news shows, taking care now can save headaches, and perhaps irreparable reputational damage, later on. 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...

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Earl Enterprises Acknowledges Data Breach Of 2M Cards
April 01, 2019

Buca di Beppo, the Italian restaurant chain, reportedly knew about a data breach that resulted in two million credit card and debit numbers being stolen since Feb. 21 — but waited until the end of March to reveal it. According to a report in KrebsOnSecurity,...

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Why Hello Kitty Has A Credit File
April 01, 2019

Synthetic ID fraud costs banks $2 billion a year.  The bad guys are so crafty that the credit bureaus are unwitting accomplices to the fraud.  Traditional methods of catching ID theft fall short, as Naftali Harris, co-founder of SentiLink says in the latest Monday Conversation...

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FBI Gears Up To Fight Cybercriminals
March 31, 2019

The FBI has announced a directive shift away from counterterrorism and toward fighting the increasing threats from cyber attacks, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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982M Email Accounts Leaked From Online Database
March 29, 2019

Close to 1 billion email accounts were leaked by a marketing company in what some researchers are calling the “biggest and most comprehensive email database” breach ever. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...