Interesting bit - U.S. leads the rest of the world in the total amount of compromised EMV payment cards by a massive 37.3 million records
75 percent, or 45.8 million, were records stolen from in-person transactions (“card-present” in the industry parlance). These were likely compromised through card-skimming malware and point-of-sale (POS) breaches at establishments like retailers, hotels and restaurants.
“There are numerous merchant locations that are still asking their customers to swipe rather than use the chip-insert method, thus completely neglecting the EMV security features,”
https://threatpost.com/u-s-chip-cards-are-being-compromised-in-the-millions/139028/
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