93 percent of U.S. consumers buy or receive a gift card every year and the market is projected to reach $160 billion by 2018. Criminals have been hacking the gift card systems in pursuit of gift card numbers of cards that have already been issued, but haven’t yet been spent. The structure of gift cards is well-understood and automated bots can be used to make millions of attempts and successfully crack a card and steal the balance. Fraudsters can use the funds in the customer account for purchases, or sell the card information on the black market.”]
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