Security News > 2015 > March > Apple Pay: Bridging Online and Big Box Fraud (Krebs on Security)
2015-03-11 18:46
Lost amid the media firestorm these past few weeks about fraudsters turning to Apple Pay is this stark and rather unsettling reality: Apple Pay makes it possible for cyber thieves to buy high-priced merchandise from brick-and-mortar stores using stolen credit and debit card numbers that were heretofore only useful for online fraud.
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