Payment card theft
Mark Satterfield
IT Strategy, compliance, auditor, risk management, transition and transformation, cyber security, writer.
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Seems every day there are new reports of payment and credit card theft. Lest one consider these news reports as overhyped, read the statistics: In 2016 alone, fraud losses topped $16 Million. Nearly 50% of us in North America have been a victim of payment card fraud. Of those who have been defrauded nearly 2/3rds lost money in the process. That means, if you have not experienced payment card fraud, statistics say your neighbor has.
This paper explores payment card theft techniques, then make a case on how to protect yourself from payment card theft, and finally provide a few interesting statistics and quotes related to payment cards.
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