The owners of the “World” may be subject to cyber-attacks related to shortcomings of systems that serve these cards. On Wednesday, June 15, said the consultant of the Center for monitoring and responding to computer attacks in the financial sphere of the Bank of Russia Alexander Chebar, reports video News Service.
“From the point of view of the user’s own card — Yes. An apparent failure. There may be a small failure for the first time using these cards,” — leads the Agency of his word.
Zebari stressed that the attack can be carried out not on the card “the World”, and systems that complement it. “For example, the remote service system, the read information on payment card,” he explained.
The card “the World”, according to Jebara, has a higher degree of protection from cyber threats than similar products of international payment systems.
National system of payment cards “the World” started to work in Russia on 1 April 2015. The need of its creation came in the summer of 2014 when Visa and MasterCard because of U.S. sanctions against Russia stopped servicing cards of some Russian banks (SMP Bank, InvestCapitalBank, the Bank “Russia” and Sobinbank).
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