Many credit cards include RFID chips. The chips use radio-frequency identification to transmit payment information over short distances. Credit card companies use RFID to enable "contactless-payments" ...

How digital payments and the rise of contactless technology have made credit and debit cards more vulnerable to unauthorized scanning devices and RFID skimming. The latest risks of digital ...

Pickpockets don't actually have to pick your pockets anymore. That's the message you might see on TV or in ads warning that hackers can access your credit card data wirelessly, through something ...

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