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News Around 20,000 of the smartcards have been issued to mainly season ticket holders and club members and contain data on matches each cardholder has paid for. It was also suggested by boffins at University College London that air passengers should be... [30 Nov 2006]

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Sainsbury's banks £3.5m on ATM security

News This involves attaching a small electronic device to the card entry slot of a cash machine to record a card's details without the cardholder's knowledge, by copying the information stored on the magnetic strip on the card. [30 Aug 2006]

Gartner: $2.75bn lost to card fraud

News Avivah Litan, vice president and research director at Gartner, said in a statement: "Criminals sometimes counterfeit ATM and debit cards with just account numbers and PINs in hand, and they can use this stolen information at ATMs to withdraw cash... [03 Aug 2005]

MasterCard data breach: Lawsuit demands damages

News If a criminal makes an unauthorised purchase on an individual's card, the cardholder is typically protected. The suit accuses the companies of violating California law by neglecting to secure credit card systems and by failing to inform consumers... [07 Jul 2005]

MasterCard scandal: Worst data theft ever?

News An intruder was able to use security vulnerabilities to infiltrate the CardSystems network and access the cardholder data, MasterCard said. In what could be the largest data security breach to date, MasterCard International on Friday said... [20 Jun 2005]

Ellison offers software for ID cards

News According to the San Jose Mercury, Ellison said the information on the ID card would help airport security officials verify the cardholder on a centralized database, ensuring airline passengers are accurately identified. [24 Sep 2001]