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Researchers at ETH Zurich, a university for science and technology studies, have used a man-in-the-middle attack to bypass the use of a PIN code by Mastercard payment cards, and also those from Maestro.
The global value of contactless Point of Sale (POS) terminal transactions is surging, with the value of all transactions around the world expected to reach US$500 billion annually by the end of 2017, up from US$321 billion this year, according to Juniper Research.