Tag: credit card
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Carphone Warehouse Confirms Cyber Attack – Customer Credit Card Details at Risk
Carphone Warehouse has revealed this weekend that earlier in the week the company’s IT systems got hacked and up to 2.4-million of its customers’ personal information including names, addresses and bank details may have been compromised. An investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office and the Met Cyber Crime department is under way to find out…
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Researchers Find iOS App Virus ‘Wirelurker’
Researchers checking the new Mac OS X version, OS X Yosemite, have unfortunately discovered an interesting virus which is alarmingly able to make the jump between computers using OS X onto iOS mobile devices. The team at Palo Alto Networks responsible for the research have managed to find the virus, a piece of Malware which…
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PayPal Here: Smartphone-Based Credit Card Payment System Coming to UK
Our regular readers may remember the Gadget Helpline’s recent coverage of Square. It’s a clever little gadget which attaches to any Android and Apple iOS smartphone or tablet and allows credit card swiping for small companies and independent businesses, this enabling them to cut out the cost of running expensive phone-line connected payment methods and…
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Another bad day for Sony: Part 2 – Playstation Store customers suffer errors!
Today’s second dose of bad news for Team Sony – This one affects you gamers.. A number of Gadget Helpline blog readers have brought to our attention an error they’re experiencing when trying to get back onto the Playstation Store to grab the bountiful goodies on offer as part of Sony’s attempt to win back…
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Another bad day for Sony: Part 1 – Sony Pictures website hacked!
Just when you thought it was safe to be a Sony supporter a tag-team double-whammy of bad news comes up and ruins your day – again. Firstly.. A day after the restoration of the company’s online services seemed to be nearing its completion reports emerge that a different hacking group has managed to breach another…
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Google NFC payment scheme to roll out in the US – United Kingdom next in line?
Trials of a mobile payment system through Google are expected to begin in a number of US cities – kicking off speculation that we UK residents could be next in line. The Wall Street Journal reports that Google is currently working hard with developers and will begin to roll out of the scheme which will…
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Hack-attack on So-Net internet service – New troubles for Sony?
Reports from daily paper and online news source The Wall Street Journal claims a new hacking scandal is on the horizon for Sony – as its underling entity So-Net Entertainment Corp has been compromised and 128 members have been robbed of up to £800 worth of gift points. 201 accounts are reported to have been accessed…