Unless the retailer has grossly out of date equipment (and is waaaay out of compliance), the card information is never sent in the clear. It’s encrypted at the time it’s read and transmitted that way. That’s part of PCIE P2PE standard version 3.0 Domain 1 (2019). Since you have to work with a card processor, it’s highly unlikely this could be the case, as I can’t imagine there are any card processors out there who aren’t compliant with the latest standard.
-D > On Dec 16, 2022, at 3:35 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > If a retailer is still using "swipe" technology (mostly gone now except for > gas pumps) then it's easy for a compromised system to steal the card info. > For "chip" transactions it's supposed to be difficult/impossible because the > clear text card info is never transmitted. > > > On Fri, Dec 16, 2022, at 07:58, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: >> It’s quite possible that the PXG shop’s account or POS system is >> compromised rather than an employee there stealing the information. >> That also has a lot to do with the speed of the misuse - a valid card >> number has to be sold and used quickly, before the card issuer can find >> out it’s compromised and kill the card. >> >> Mrs. Dan had a similar situation with her card being compromised at a >> liquor store. It was hit three times within an hour of it being used. >> All three hits were in south Florida and for really stupid stuff, like >> a bowling alley. >> >> -D >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
