A Look at How Credit Card Details Get Stolen and How to Keep Yours Safe
By Sayak Boral – Posted on Jul 1, 2019 in Internet Each time a major credit card fraud strikes a business , our response is to ignore the episode as long as it doesn’t affect us personally. Not all breaches make the news cycle, though; there are several smaller incidents that are occurring on a more regular basis. While many of us, by now, would have wised up to social engineering attacks , the crooks have found newer modes of credit card theft. Here is a rundown of the most common ways you can have your credit card numbers stolen in 2019. Related : MTE Explains: How Credit Card Numbers Work 1. Card Cloning Creating a cloned credit card is the easiest way for a thief to spend someone else’s money. All they have to do is access your credit card temporarily (often a fraction of a minute) and program them on another prepaid card. The cloned cards can then be sold on the dark web , usually through cryptocurrency....