It was the biggest theft of card data in U.S. history, and there wasn't a lead in sight.
The UK Cards Association, which produced the figures, highlighted "distraction" thefts of cards as a particular problem.
Because what they've done over the years if they've--and recently, I think it came out a few months ago about the theft of SIM cards from a manufacturer in the Netherlands; they were stealing billions of SIM cards every year.
Now ARIC technology has been adapted for the financial services, insurance and retail industries and is being used by clients such as IG Index and Callcredit to detect and predict fraud in its many guises, from money laundering to the theft of credit cards.
"The cyber industry of mobile malware is becoming more focused on making profits more effectively, i.e., mobile phishing, theft of credit card information, money transfers from bank cards to mobile phones and from phones to the criminals' e-wallets," explains Kaspersky.
Yet it should be said that the great credit-card fear has not, so far, proved well-founded: there have been very few instances of theft of credit-card numbers, and, even if there were any, the credit-card firms would shoulder most of the liability.
Theft of credit-card details and customer lists.
Is not the maid responsible for the theft of the card?
Identity theft is in the news again after a hacker was charged this week with the largest theft of credit card identities recorded in the US.
A source "believes this business is fraudulent, and involves the theft of credit card numbers, but Harb is being extremely secretive about it," the affidavit said.
