App Allows Inspectors to Find Gas Pump Skimmers Faster August 14, 2019 A team of computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego and the University of Illinois has developed an...
As Chips Cut In-Store Fraud Credit-Card Thieves Move Online February 6, 2017 By Olga Kharif and Lindsey Rupp The adoption of credit-card chip technology by U.S. retailers is having an unintended consequence: Criminals are moving from brick-and-mortar stores...
Home Depot Breach Will Likely Fuel Card and Account Fraud September 24, 2014 By Chris Strohm and Michael Riley Home Depot Inc.’s data breach, which put about 56 million payment cards at risk, has fed fraudulent transactions that in...
South Korea Credit Card Data Theft Highlights Security Lapses January 22, 2014 By YOUKYUNG LEE A massive theft of customer data from three major credit card firms in South Korea has shown security lapses in...
Pennsylvania Pickpockets Busy in Coffee Shops, Restaurants December 31, 2013 By MIKE NEWALL, The Philadelphia Inquirer One woman was sitting in a window seat at La Colombe, lost in a discussion about a Macy’s sale, when...
Massachusetts Woman Admits to Stealing From 2 Companies January 4, 2013 A Leicester, Mass., woman has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $300,000 from two companies she worked for. Kimberly Powell...
Idaho Police Find Link in Credit Fraud Outbreak April 4, 2012 Police in the north-central Idaho town of Orofino say a rash of credit card fraud that has affected nearly 300...