That the Equifax breach will be a major watershed moment in the history of data security, impacting consumers nationwide for years to come, is not a terribly controversial point. The real concern is that the most personal of data — names, Social Security numbers, credit...
Ransomware topped almost all other types of cybercrimes on the internet so far this year, with attacks like WannaCry impacting scores of computers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...
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Familiarity doesn’t breed contempt in payments security; it builds breaches — the kind that linger and cost billions of dollars in losses tied to fraud. The synthetic ID may be fraudsters’ weapon of choice these days, but technology can help turn the tide, according to GIACT Systems’ Executive Vice President of Product David Barnhardt. In...
Harvey. Irma. Jose. Maria. Even those who were not directly hit by one of these recent, dramatic and devastating hurricanes are feeling the emotional impact after watching these mega-storms wreak havoc across the southern part of the U.S. and surrounding islands. Get the Full Story...
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton, who was recently interrogated in a Senate hearing over a cyberattack of the government agency’s EDGAR database for corporate filings, said he thinks his predecessor, Mary Jo White, had no knowledge of the data breach that...
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Adding this week to Equifax’s list of unhappy individual and groups to deal with — a list that already includes its banking partners, Congressional legislators and the 143 million or so people whose data has been compromised — is San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera, who...
Consumers are generally accustomed to using a fingerprint to unlock their banking apps - but, are they willing to use their face - and do they think it’s secure? In this month’s PYMNTS Digital Identity Tracker™, powered by Socure, Hari Gopalkrishnan, managing director of consumer...
