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Walmart Card Skimmer Targets Card-Swiping Consumers

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The transition to EMV was supposed to all but eliminate the danger of credit card fraud, but incomplete changeover, both in chip cards and compatible payments terminals, leaves plenty of room for the less scrupulous among us to take advantage and credit card numbers in equal turns.

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The Life And Times Of A Most-Wanted Fraudster

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Account takeover fraud , card-not-present (CNP) fraud, tax fraud, selling stolen financials, selling fake bank accounts, the Dark Web: If security experts are fighting it today, chances are that Brett Johnson was there when it started. The family lived in eastern Kentucky, an area Johnson describes as “fraud central.”

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End-Of-Summer Edition: Retro Malware, Bitcoin’s Surge ‘N’ Split And Apple Watch Sees Other People

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EST in South Carolina, there will be a total solar eclipse — with Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia all enjoying prime viewing slots between start and finish. EST/9:05 a.m. PST in Oregon and 2:48 p.m.

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