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Enhancing Data Security: How Exact Payments Protects Onboarding Data

Exact Payments

Our software partners transmit merchant data to our APIs using Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption. TLS encrypts data during transit and offers enhanced security features to combat man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attacks. Forward secrecy protects past communications against future compromises of secret keys or passwords.

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What Is Data Tokenization and How Does It Work?

Stax

In 2022, there were 1802 instances of data compromise in America which affected 422 million people. There are various methods of enforcing data security, such as data masking, encryption, authentication, and data tokenization. Today, data is as important as currency and should be safeguarded as such.

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Home Improvement Startup Houzz Suffers Data Breach

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Though Houzz is still investigating, it said that sensitive personal information — such as Social Security numbers and payment card, bank account or other financial information — was not affected by the breach. It also notified law enforcement authorities, as well as any customers that might have been impacted by the incident.

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What to do if your company suffers a data breach

VISTA InfoSec

Data breaches are affecting millions of people across the globe, with over 340 million records already compromised in 2023 headline cases and new incidents surfacing every week. You need to know if any data has been compromised and, if so, where it may have been shared. 5 - (2 votes)

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What is eCommerce Fraud?

Fi911

Synthetic Fraud Synthetic fraud occurs when criminals create fictitious identities by combining real and fake information, such as using a real Social Security Number with a fake name and address. Once they have control, fraudsters can make unauthorized transactions, change account details, and steal sensitive information.

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Adidas Warns Customers Of Data Breach

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The investigation so far has found that the leaked data includes contact information, usernames and encrypted passwords. We are alerting certain consumers who purchased on adidas.com/US about a potential data security incident. Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers and payment card data were not compromised.

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FTC Settles With Two Websites Over Lack Of Consumer Data Security

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This led to a security breach that compromised the data of approximately 2.1 of deceiving consumers by falsely claiming that the site “utilizes the latest security and encryption techniques to ensure the security of your account information.” million consumers, including around 500,000 U.S.

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