New York University Tandon School of Engineering

July 29, 2020

Here’s Why Credit Card Fraud is Still a Thing

This post was originally published on this siteMost of the civilized world years ago shifted to requiring computer chips in payment cards that make it far more expensive and difficult for thieves to clone and use them for fraud. One notable exception is the United States, which is still lurching toward this goal. Here’s a look at the havoc that lag has wrought, as seen through the purchasing patterns at one of the underground’s biggest stolen card shops that was hacked last year. In October 2019, someone hacked BriansClub, a popular stolen card bazaar that uses this author’s likeness and […]