Reuters - MasterCard and VISA credit cards are seen in this illustrative photograph taken in Hong Kong
Related content
Top cash-back card: Scotia Momentum VISA Infinite Annual Fee: $99 Current Interest …
Play Video
No expiry date for prepaid credit cards: FlahertyCanadian Press Videos 1:15
The whodunit of stolen credit cards
Gone are the days of the good old-fashioned purse snatcher. With little brute and more skill, thieves only need a minute, sometimes a second, to pilfer your credit card data."Back in the beginning, they got the imprint of credit cards from the carbon copies they dug out of the trash," says William Noonan, assistant special agent in charge of the Secret Service's criminal investigative division. "Technology has changed things."
5 ways thieves steal credit card data
