{"id":17813,"date":"2015-11-30T13:11:24","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T18:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/creator\/?p=17813"},"modified":"2020-03-30T19:27:19","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T23:27:19","slug":"hackers-predict-your-number-before-you-get-your-credit-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/professional-development\/hackers-predict-your-number-before-you-get-your-credit-card","title":{"rendered":"Hackers predict your number before you get your credit card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you paranoid about reading your credit card number aloud to your bank teller for fear that someone might overhear? If you\u2019re like me, you\u2019ve learned to keep a tight grip on your credit cards because you\u2019ve gotten duped one too many times with credit card thieves.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s not just hackers stealing our cards that we have to worry about. Now they have ways to predict your next credit card number before it even arrives in the mail.<\/p>\n<p>Wired reports that American Express could be the next target for hackers because new card numbers follow a fairly predictable pattern. To prove this, Samy Kamkar built a <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/samyk\/magspoof\">$10 device called the MagSpoof<\/a> that could predict someone\u2019s next credit card number based on their current one. Kamkar tested this on 10 friends, and got it right every time.<\/p>\n<p>But there\u2019s more: MagSpoof can emit an electromagnetic field that captures the numbers of the credit card being used nearby.<\/p>\n<p>Amex spokeswoman Marina Hoffmann Norville told SFGate that knowing the formulaic sequence of a credit card along with the expiration date is \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/business\/article\/Hacker-makes-canceled-American-Express-card-work-6660648.php\">not enough for a fraudster to complete a purchase<\/a>.\u201d American Express doesn\u2019t see the MagSpoof as a threat and believes Kamkar hasn\u2019t breached its transaction security.<\/p>\n<p>The reality is that the MagSpoof can\u2019t get around security measures\u2014at least not yet. It can\u2019t access the security code on the back of your credit card, for example. And it can\u2019t access your billing zip code, which is often used to verify your identity.<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: Sean MacEnee\/Flickr<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you paranoid about reading your credit card number aloud to your bank teller for fear that someone might overhear? If you\u2019re like me, you\u2019ve learned to keep a tight grip on your credit cards because you\u2019ve gotten duped one too many times with credit card thieves. But it\u2019s not just hackers stealing our cards [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":917,"featured_media":17814,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43902],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-professional-development"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.4 (Yoast SEO v25.3.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hackers predict your number before you get your credit card<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"You&#039;re not paranoid: hackers have found a way to take advantage of the predictable patterns companies use for new card numbers.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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