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Zombie Card: An expired Visa credit card can be used for purchases
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Did you know there is still a good reason to physically destroy your expired credit card?</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://www.umass.edu/news/article/when-zombie-credit-cards-attack-umass-researchers-discover-loophole-can-reanimate" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Scientific research</a> found that the expiration date used by pa
MITRE ATT&CK techniques
- CredentialsT1589.001
Indicators of compromise
- https://www.umass.edu/news/article/when-zombie-credit-cards-attack-umass-researchers-discover-loophole-can-reanimateurl
Original source: https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/08/zombie-card-an-expired-visa-credit-card-can-be-used-for-purchases
Same event, other sources
- Zombie Card Attack Can Revive Expired Visa Cards for Contactless Paymentsthehackernews · 2026-08-20