T-Mobile and Experian both announced that an Experian database containing credit application data for prospective T-Mobile customers (people who applied to finance a new phone or new phone service) between September 2013 and September 2015 was accessed by hackers. T-Mobile outsources their credit application process to Experian, which is typical, and that is where the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Automobile hacking community is having a bang-up year. In a Wired article today, Andy Greenberg talked about two new car hacking techniques – both completely different from the ones I have talked about before. The first one is to use the Wi-Fi network in the dealer’s waiting room to hack the diagnostic equipment in […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]October 1st, 2015. Today, retailers are responsible for credit card fraud if they are not using credit card terminals that support chip credit cards. While there is a learning curve for both merchants and users, the curve is pretty small and it will reduce credit card fraud at retail stores. Gas Stations and ATMs still […]
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