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PayPal hackers jailed in UK

In Networks - By Dan Kaplan, 26 January 2013 10:48 AM

US 'PayPal 14' case trudges along.

Price surge in stolen Aussie credit cards

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 2 October 2012 2:06 PM

Nicked MasterCards fetch a global premium.

Myki security scare 'offers nothing' to fraudsters

In Risk - By Darren Pauli, 8 August 2012 2:05 PM

Limited credit card number and expiry date not enough for fraud.

Need a debit card? Just check Twitter

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 3 July 2012 10:47 AM

Twitter account outs social medial fail.

Android app steals contactless credit card data

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 21 June 2012 2:59 PM

PayWave thief uploaded to Google Play store.

Visa expels Global Payments after card breach

In Networks - By Dan Kaplan, 11 April 2012 7:48 AM

Cause remains shrouded in mystery.

Visa, Mastercard investigate massive credit breach

In Networks - By Dan Kaplan, 1 April 2012 6:48 PM

Could involve up to 10 million cards.

Feds arrest LulzSec leaders in international sting

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 7 March 2012 9:38 AM

LulzSec brought down amid allegations leader talked to feds.

US EMV deadline set for 2015

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 19 January 2012 11:10 AM

Non-compliant merchants bear fraud costs.

WikiLeaks suspends ops to raise cash

In Networks - By Liam Tung, 25 October 2011 9:22 AM

Promises mystery new secure submission facility.

Crippled Wikileaks has not gone far enough: Assange

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 1 October 2011 5:27 PM

Governments will become transparent, or die.

Hackers swipe military personnel details

In Hackers - By SC Australia Staff, 29 June 2011 8:22 AM

Names, email addresses and service details stolen.

How dangerous is Anonymous?

In Hackers - By Nicole Kobie, 23 February 2011 9:51 AM

Are attacks in support of Wikileaks by bored teenagers or cyber-criminals?

The descent of the DDoS

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 2 February 2011 12:25 PM

The December takedown of Visa and Mastercard's websites by Wikileaks supporters were well publicised but not unique.

WikiWars: blow by blow

In Hackers - 17 December 2010 12:05 AM

Assange out on bail; Aussie spies spooked by cyberwar; Google joins pariah cloud providers.

Anonymous attacks threaten to stall Christmas shopping

In Risk - By Barry Collins, 10 December 2010 10:08 AM

MasterCard, Visa and PayPal all hit by attacks from notorious hacking group.

Wikileaks cyberwar takes legal turn

In Hackers - By Nate Cochrane, 9 December 2010 10:13 AM

Credit card companies face law suits even as their own payment systems buckle.

MasterCard, Visa sites taken down in WikiLeaks revenge

In Hackers - By Jennifer Scott, 9 December 2010 9:22 AM

'Anonymous' hackers claim DDOS attack.

McDonalds contactless card rollout to lower skimming risk

In Risk - By Liz Tay, 9 November 2010 9:13 AM

EMV technology deployed in 816 more outlets.

Federal Police swings into action on credit card leak

In Risk - By Brett Winterford, 23 March 2009 10:49 AM

Officers from the Australian Federal Police have swung into action to mitigate the fallout from the exposure of about 19,000 credit card numbers, as uncovered by an Australian ...

Aussie stumbles on 19,000 exposed credit card numbers

In Risk - By Ry Crozier, 20 March 2009 5:27 PM

A defunct payment gateway has exposed as many as 19,000 credit card numbers, including up to 60 Australian numbers.

Processor breach will not hit Heartland scale: analysts

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 2 March 2009 2:58 PM

A recent processor breach that was reported by Visa will not reach the scale of the Heartland compromise, according to analysts.

Visa confirms another payment processor breach

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 24 February 2009 11:22 AM

Another payment processor has fallen victim to hackers, Visa confirmed yesterday, though it has yet to emerge which company has been hit.

TJX settles with MasterCard for US$24 million

In Risk - By Jim Carr, 4 April 2008 10:03 AM

Discount retailer TJX, parent of T.J. Maxx and Marshalls, has agreed to a US$24 million settlement with MasterCard over a security breach that left tens of millions of credit ...

MasterCard, Visa following U.K. breach

By Dan Kaplan, 28 April 2006 9:41 PM

MasterCard International said today it is responding to a "potential" security breach at a U.K.-based retailer – but would not confirm whether any of its cardholders were affected.