AP Impact: Weak security enables credit card hacks (AP)

Chart shows the steps to processing a credit cardAP – Every time you swipe your credit card and wait for the transaction to be approved, sensitive data including your name and account number are ferried from store to bank through computer networks, each step a potential opening for hackers.

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