Is India’s Cosmos Co-operative Bank the latest victim of ATM jackpotting?

Pune based Cosmos Co-operative Bank has suffered a major incident of cyber hack on August 11 and 13, when cybercriminals hacked into its servers and stole Rs 94.42 crore ($13.5 million) from ATMs in 28 countries, according to media reports.

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One fifth of purchases at 2018 FIFA World Cup use contactless technology: Visa

Mumbai: Visa, an official payment services partner of FIFA has released an analysis of foreign travellers’ spending during opening days of 2018 FIFA World Cup. The results found that in the 11 Russian host cities of the tournament, approximately one in every five (17 percent) purchases with Visa used contactless payment technology, including smartphones, bracelets and rings. In the stadiums themselves, the share of contactless payments was 54 percent, inclusive of purchases made by fans from Russia and abroad. On average, across the 11 host cities, Visa cardholders spent 3,575…

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