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Plastic card fraud falls by 23%

The amount of fraud being committed on plastic cards across the country fell in the first half of the year, industry body Financial Fraud Action UK says.

AU Court slams Bottle Domains' lax security

Registrar stored credit cards in unencrypted format.
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Hacker Agrees to Guilty Plea in Massive Data Breach Case

Notorious hacker Albert Gonzalez agrees to plead guilty to having a role in the theft of data from millions of credit and debit cards. Gonzalez, who has been tied by authorities to a cyber-crimewave that hit companies from Heartland Payment Systems to Hannaford Bros., now faces up to 25 years in prison.
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Credit card council looks into cloud security

Cloud security is enough of a potential problem that it’s being investigated by the group that sets standards for protecting credit card data.
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