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MasterCard saying there was not a risk to their system after being shown how it could have been just shows how inadequate their concern for security is.

Having worked with payment gateways, most people would be appaled at the sloppy code, documentation, and setup of the systems their payment methods are running through.

It's just amazing that more exploitation isn't happening (though a lot of financial cybercrime never gets busted), and a good chunk of security is probably only reliant on the conscience of coders.




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