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22-12-2015: Sicherheitsforscher hacken das EC-Bezahlsystem

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Security researchers found serious security flaws in the German "electronic cash" system + which enable criminals to withdraw funds from merchant accounts based on the information printed + on receipts and other information obtained from public sources or point-of-sales terminals purchased + online.
+ The German "electronic cash" system is based on the "Poseidon" protocol, for + which there is no publicly accessible specification or reference implementation. This has allowed + such major security holes to persist for decades. +

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30-4-2015: 1970 Researchers Predicted Debit Cards Would be Great for Surveillance

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5-12-2014: US judge rules banks can sue merchant for bad security

Merchants taking credit card data from customers now have to additionally -- cgit v1.2.3