Privacy, Security

Goodwill latest victim of retail breaches

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Payment systems at some Goodwill stores were compromised as far back as 18 months ago. The extent of the damage is still being assessed.

All of the affected stores are in the USA. The switch to chip-and-pin from less secure magnetic strip payment cards has been delayed in the USA, which is presumably contributing to the problem.

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Jeff Rivett has worked with and written about computers since the early 1980s. His first computer was an Apple II+, built by his father and heavily customized. Jeff's writing appeared in Computist Magazine in the 1980s, and he created and sold a game utility (Ultimaker 2, reviewed in the December 1983 Washington Apple Pi Journal) to international markets during the same period. Proceeds from writing, software sales, and contract programming gigs paid his way through university, earning him a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) degree at UWO. Jeff went on to work as a programmer, sysadmin, and manager in various industries. There's more on the About page, and on the Jeff Rivett Consulting site.

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