Monthly Archives: June 2016

MySpace data hack could be largest yet

MySpace announced this week that it was the target of a data hack, potentially involving 360 million accounts and over 400 million passwords.  (Editorial comment: who knew that MySpace was still that relevant?) Most of the hacked credentials were created before 2013, giving some hope that the passwords are stale because they have been changed [...]

By |2017-11-18T15:32:39-05:00June 1st, 2016|data breach, data security|Comments Off on MySpace data hack could be largest yet

Card networks and PayPal… a “love/hate” relationship?

At a recent JPMorgan tech conference, Visa's CEO Charlie Scharf basically admitted that Visa has a "love/hate" relationship with PayPal.   I too admit, when I was running Discover's merchant network, I felt the same way. On one hand, PayPal generates substantial volume for the card networks, although it's not clear how much of that, if [...]

By |2017-11-18T15:32:40-05:00June 1st, 2016|PayPal, Visa|Comments Off on Card networks and PayPal… a “love/hate” relationship?
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