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Mastercard Card Clearing In China, Unattended Retail, Rapid Settlements Top This Week’s News
Mastercard Card Clearing In China, Unattended Retail, Rapid Settlements Top This Week’s News
February 14, 2020  |  News

It’s the end of the workweek, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything with the latest in payments and...

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DOJ Indicts Four Chinese Army Spies For Equifax Hack
DOJ Indicts Four Chinese Army Spies For Equifax Hack
February 10, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Federal prosecutors charged four Chinese intelligence officers on Monday (Feb. 10) with the 2017 cyberattack on credit reporting giant Equifax, which was one of the...

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Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Hack Victims To Receive $13.8M; Bermuda Gov’t Boosts Blockchain Adoption
Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Hack Victims To Receive $13.8M; Bermuda Gov’t Boosts Blockchain Adoption
February 03, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Denis Pitcher, chief FinTech advisor to the Premier of Bermuda, told CoinDesk on Sunday (Feb. 2) that he is planning to introduce a platform that...

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Breach Exposes Personal Data Of 1.2M SpiceJet Passengers In India
Breach Exposes Personal Data Of 1.2M SpiceJet Passengers In India
January 30, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

A breach of India’s SpiceJet, one of the country’s biggest independent airlines, exposed the data of more than a million passengers, per a report on...

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Dozens Of US Firms Had Same Security Flaw As Travelex
Dozens Of US Firms Had Same Security Flaw As Travelex
January 16, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

The vulnerability that allowed Travelex to be attacked by hackers has existed at many other companies and institutions in the U.S., according to a report...

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Tesla Invites Hackers To Compete For $1M In Cash And Prizes
Tesla Invites Hackers To Compete For $1M In Cash And Prizes
January 10, 2020  |  Safety and Security

To challenge hackers to find flaws in its vehicles, Tesla, the electric automaker, is returning to the Pwn2Own hacking competition run by Trend Micro’s Zero...

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The Troubling Ripple Effects Of The Travelex FX Hack
The Troubling Ripple Effects Of The Travelex FX Hack
January 10, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

It might make sense that as commerce goes ever global, and as banks do an increasing volume of business cross-border, that the hackers and fraudsters...

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The Looming Long Fizzle Of Cyberattacks
The Looming Long Fizzle Of Cyberattacks
January 10, 2020  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

The new year is still new, and those on the front lines battling cybercrimes and the hackers who work from the shadows might be exhausted...

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Travelex Attack Forces UK Banks To Halt Foreign Currency Service
Travelex Attack Forces UK Banks To Halt Foreign Currency Service
January 09, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Lenders including Barclays, HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland and Virgin Money had to stop foreign currency services after exchange provider Travelex was hit by a...

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