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Banks Hold Key to Killing Rogue Pharmacies Krebs on Security

More than half of all sales at rogue Internet pharmacy in the last four years were charged to credit and debit cards issued by the top seven card-issuing banks. KrebsOnSecurity: Curbing this drug dealing activity would promote both public health and Internet users safety. The figures come from sales data stolen from Glavmed, a Russian affiliate program that pays webmasters to host and promote online pharmacy sites that sell a variety of prescription drugs without requiring a prescription. The data suggests that the spam ecosystem could be crippled if banks stopped processing payments to a handful of institutions.”]

Source: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/06/banks-hold-key-to-killing-rogue-pharmacies/

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