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WikiLeaks donations by Visa ruled OK in Iceland

The three-year blockade against donations to WikiLeaks may have just been chiseled away, in Iceland, by a ruling handed down by the European country's Supreme Court.

By Zach Miners | 25 April, 2013 00:10

Tags: Internet-based applications and services, e-commerce, visa, wikileaks, legal, mastercard, internet, search engines, american express
MasterCard mobile digital wallet will arrive Down Under in March

MasterCard has announced it will launch MasterPass Down Under next month, with the credit card company already securing partnerships with several major Australian banks and retailers.

By Adam Bender | 25 February, 2013 18:00

Tags: smartphone, Payments, QR codes, Near Field Communications (NFC), online shopping, mastercard, ecommerce, mobile digital wallet
Two former Anonymous members jailed in UK for PayPal, Visa DDoS attacks

Three men were sentenced Thursday in the U.K. for their roles in a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks launched against financial and music industry organizations in 2010 by the Anonymous hacktivist collective.

By Lucian Constantin | 25 January, 2013 15:22

Tags: Criminal, visa, security, mastercard, legal, paypal, cybercrime
Australians would buy local if it wasn't cheaper overseas: MasterCard

Unless they have to pay more, most Australians prefer to buy from Australian websites when shopping online for the holidays, according to a MasterCard study released today.

By Adam Bender | 07 December, 2012 13:52

Tags: IT pricing inquiry, expensive, retail, IT prices, overseas, mastercard, online shopping, study
Former Anonymous member convicted in attacks against PayPal, MasterCard, Visa, others

A 22-year-old U.K. man was convicted for his involvement in a series of distributed denial-of-service attacks launched by the hacktivist group Anonymous against PayPal, MasterCard, Visa and other companies in 2010.

By Lucian Constantin | 06 December, 2012 20:14

Tags: Criminal, visa, security, mastercard, legal, paypal, cybercrime

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