7-Eleven app users in Japan lose $500,000
By DW
08 July 2019 |
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7-Eleven convenience store customers in Japan using the "7pay" payment app lost hundreds of thousands of euros after a security breach. Seven Pay officials said there were signs of illegal access from abroad.
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