CurrentC won’t let email hack delay launch as it explores NFC<article>
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People interested in checking out CurrentC, the mobile payment app from a retailers group that includes Walmart, Best Buy, and other major brands, signed up for the app’s email list to get advance news about the launch. But that email list was hacked on Tuesday, leaking the addresses of a slew of early CurrentC testers. The news couldn’t come at a worse time for the app, which has incurred the wrath of Apple Pay fans before its public debut.</p><p>
Merchant Customer Exchange, the retail group behind CurrentC, sent emails to the affected users and disclosed the hack in a
Wednesday blog post. On a conference call with reporters, MCX CEO Dekkers Davidson said the attack was perpetrated on its email provider, which he declined to name, and said MCX’s systems have fended off a slew of more serious hacking attempts in the last week.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2840912/currentc-wont-let-email-hack-delay-launch-as-it-explores-nfc.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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CurrentC won’t let email hack delay launch as it explores NFC
