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Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard

Set of security requirements for credit card processors

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Jan 17, 2026
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Carding buy

Carding most commonly refers to the illegal use and trade of stolen credit- or debit-card information—criminals test cards with small purchases, then convert value into resellable goods or prepaid ins...

Nov 28, 2025
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What are the legal consequences of accessing or using dark web carding sites?

Accessing or using dark web carding sites exposes individuals and businesses to criminal charges such as fraud, identity theft, and broader cybercrime offenses, plus financial harms like chargebacks a...

Jan 4, 2026

What are the legal penalties and fraud-detection mechanisms payment networks use when fabricated card numbers are used in live transactions?

When fabricated card numbers are used in live transactions, payment networks and acquirers respond with a mix of commercial penalties (fines, increased fees, termination of processing) and operational...

Dec 31, 2025

What cloud-provider logs are typically retained for object access and how long are they available to law enforcement?

Cloud providers and customers routinely retain audit and access logs tied to object storage — metadata about who accessed what, when, from where, and with what result — because those logs are essentia...

Dec 4, 2025

what legal and technical measures do banks and payment networks use to detect and prevent bin-based carding?

Banks, card networks and merchants stop BIN-based carding with a mix of technical detection (real‑time transaction monitoring, velocity and BIN‑range checks, device and behavioral signals, tokenizatio...