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Chip & PIN Weakness Revealed

James · 2007-02-06 08:24:57

Watchdog tonight are covering Chip & PIN. Details from chip-and-pin cards could be stolen while shoppers make purchases, scientists discovered in an investigation for BBC One's Watchdog. I wonder if this could explain the thousands of cards and PINs compromised over the last 4 months at the following locations: Hull…

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CopperPlate_2 Posts: 1,508 Forumite

9 February 2007 at 8:09PM

It doesn't. All it means is that someone who has possession of the card has found out the PIN.

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