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Panera Bread's website leaked millions of customer records for at least eight months following a warning from a security researcher, according to security writer
According to Krebs, Dylan Houlihan told Panera about leaks of names, emails, addresses, birthdays, preloaded accounts, and the last four digits of credit cards on August 2, 2017. Panera apparently told Houlihan it was working on a fix.
As of early yesterday, that information was still available online, though it has since been removed, according to Krebs.
Mine flushing
About 90% of mining extensions have not complied with Google's policies, leading to the outright ban, according to Google. Blockchain extensions that aren't used for mining will still be allowed.
Mining's
City coin
As governments ponder their own central bank currency, Seoul is planning a cryptocurrency called the S-Coin.
Seoul also plans to expand blockchain technology to manage payments and other functions for mass transit.
They're really both scary
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The poll found 54% of Americans are more concerned about the Equifax breach than the idea that Facebook data is being used to influence elections.
The Equifax breach, which exposed personal ID info on more than 140 million people, is expected to facilitate payment fraud for years to come. The MagnifyMoney poll did find 20% of Americans are considering deleting their Facebook accounts because of the election scandal.
Speak of donations
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Consumers can say "Alexa, make a donation to XYZ charity" and the digital assistant will send funds from the user's Amazon payment account.
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Digital Trends | Mon Apr 2, 2018 - The Bank of England said last week that it’s currently working on a “proof of concept” to see if its real-time gross settlement (RTGS) service will benefit from blockchain technology. The bank’s governor, Mark Carney, revealed the plans in April 2017, saying that securities settlements need innovation, and blockchain technology – aka distributed ledger tech – could produce “significant” gains regarding platform stability, efficiency, accuracy, and security.
Yonhap News Agency | Tue Apr 3, 2018 - The amount of payments made electronically hit a fresh record high last year amid a growing trend of South Koreans using the Internet and mobile devices to carry out their financial transactions, central bank data showed Tuesday. The daily average for electronic financial transactions came to 468.8 billion won (US$442.8 million) in 2017, up 36.5 percent from a year earlier, according to the Bank of Korea (BOK).
Nikkei Asian Review | Tue Apr 3, 2018 - China has imposed daily limits on smartphone-based payments in the name of combating fraud, spurring cost concerns among vendors and inconveniencing consumers. The People's Bank of China, the country's central bank, implemented the caps on Sunday for different types of QR code payments, based on relative risk.
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