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Forced-auth chip and PIN scam hitting high-end UK retailers – will the US be next?

3 pointsby sjmurdochover 9 years ago

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sjmurdochover 9 years ago
Bruce Schneier also has some stories of different but related credit card scams which also exploit the fact that authorisation codes are not checked at the time of the transaction: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.schneier.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;archives&#x2F;2014&#x2F;07&#x2F;debit_card_over.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.schneier.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;archives&#x2F;2014&#x2F;07&#x2F;debit_card_ov...</a> and <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.schneier.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;archives&#x2F;2009&#x2F;01&#x2F;in-person_credi.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.schneier.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;archives&#x2F;2009&#x2F;01&#x2F;in-person_cre...</a>