{"id":269661,"date":"2025-11-18T12:43:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T12:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/269661\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T12:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T12:43:07","slug":"security-advisor-warns-of-security-risks-of-digital-wallets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/269661\/","title":{"rendered":"Security Advisor Warns of Security Risks of Digital Wallets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>As if shoppers didn\u2019t have enough to deal with with rising costs and everyday financial pressures, they\u2019re now being warned about digital pickpockets using technology to steal your hard-earned money. <\/p>\n<p>More and more people use the convenience of the digital wallets on their phones to make payments and criminals have already figured out ways to gain access to those accounts.<\/p>\n<p>The head of security at BMO, Larry Zelvin, says technologies exist allowing criminals to use contactless payment devices to tap against your phone or wallet in a crowded area, giving them access to your digital wallet. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then they can use it to make transactions. So, some of the things you really need to do is to make sure you use two-factor authentication, and also, you really need to be watching your accounts closely for any unusual transactions,\u201d says Zelvin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; As if shoppers didn\u2019t have enough to deal with with rising costs and everyday financial pressures, they\u2019re&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2306,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-269661","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}