Yearly Archives: 2007

Chip and PIN – Still Failing?

Posted on October 7, 2007 by Tom Mahoney

Back in May of last year, Iblogged that Chip and PIN in the UK was looking like another failure. My overall prediction was that the technology might be successful in the UK until some bad guys broke the technology, but … Continue reading →

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Fraud Screening is Relative

Posted on July 28, 2007 by Tom Mahoney

One of our Merchant911 members posed an interesting question last week. It related to wondering why some merchants question the validity of an order that appears to others as obvious fraud. So often I see the new folks come into … Continue reading →

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TJX – The Aftermath

Posted on July 9, 2007 by Tom Mahoney

As I was doing some research for an upcoming article, I contemplated why there wasn’t more adverse public reaction to the whole TJX thing. Sure, the press jumped on it, and there was a lot of discussion in the electronic … Continue reading →

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I’m not sure who’s to blame here, but it isn’t the merchant!

Posted on May 24, 2007 by Tom Mahoney

Over at Merchant 911 we got an email the other day from one of our members. It seems that the system raked him over the coals for what appears to be an obvious error on the part of the processor. … Continue reading →

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And it happens again!

Posted on April 5, 2007 by Tom Mahoney

As if it weren’t enough that CardSystems exposed 40 million card numbers back in 2005, we have the latest carelessness to deal with. TJX, the parent company of TJ Max, Marshalls, and some others, have carelessly, and without regard for their obligation to their customers or the requirements of PCI-DSS, been quietly keeping credit card information since at least 2003 – and all the while some bad guys were gathering the data. Continue reading →

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