Credit card donations to WikiLeaks were briefly re-opened last Thursday, but lasted only 24 hours with VISA quickly blocking the ban evasion.A month ago, DataCell, the Iceland-based company that used to collect donations on behalf of WikiLeaks, warned VISA and MasterCard that it plans to file a complaint with the Eur... |
11 July 2011
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A study performed by researchers from US and Hungary determined that the vast majority of spam-related transactions are processed through only three banks, which could offer a weak spot in the entire ecosystem for spam fighters to target.The findings were presented in a research paper [pdf] titled "Click Trajectories... |
23 May 2011
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Bank of America has joined the list of companies who refuse to do business with WikiLeaks, a decision that might attract the anger of hacktivists.The ostracizing of WikiLeaks by financial companies as a result of "Cablegate," was started at the beginning of December by PayPal, who closed the organization's donat... |
20 December 2010
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Derrelle Janey, the former president of a payment processing company called Your Money Access, has settled charges brought against him by the FTC in a case where over $200 million were fraudulently charged from consumers' bank accounts.In 2007 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) along with the States of Illinois,... |
10 September 2010
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Security researchers warn of a new phishing campaign targeting AOL users. Rogue emails claim that users need to update their personal and billing information in order to continue receiving services.Sophos reports that these phishing emails are sent to everyone, but are particularly tailored to AOL paying customers. T... |
13 July 2010
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The gang of fraudsters who stole $9 million after hacking into the RBS WorldPay payment processor last year have been indicted by a grand jury in Atlanta, the United States Department of Justice announces. Four hackers and six cashers were charged with various counts of wire fraud, computer fraud and aggravated ident... |
11 November 2009
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced that three companies have been awarded contracts to process tax-return payments beginning 2010. Amongst them is RBS WorldPay, a payment processor involved in a major security breach last November, which resulted in the company being declared no longer compliant with th... |
27 April 2009
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Heartland Payment Systems, a payment processing provider based in Princeton, N.J., has disclosed that the security of its network has been compromised by unknown attackers. During a recent audit malicious applications intercepting and stealing transaction data have been found installed on the company's systems. ... |
21 January 2009
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