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Old Dec 27, 2013 | 10:48 pm
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Aus_Mal
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Originally Posted by youngmoneyhack
Well I'd argue the Target breach has shown that basic card security is desperately lacking in the U.S. Apparently a simple EMV chip and pin would've prevented any potential losses in the first place. Now that fraudsters know just how vulnerable U.S. merchants and cards are, I predict more frequent and damaging attacks like this through the weak and outdated merchant IT systems.
Nope, this wouldn't have prevented any losses. Card data (even without the chip details) does still have value as some ATMs and credit card machines are not yet equipped with chip readers and fall back to magnetic stripes.
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