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Researchers find a loophole that lets expired credit cards make unauthorized payments
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst discovered that contactless credit cards can process payments after their printed expiration dates, even when cardholders have received replacement cards. The team presented this vulnerability, called the Zombie Card attack, at USENIX Security 2026 and noted that the issue stems partly from cardholders failing to properly destroy expired cards as instructed by issuers.
Why it matters: Financial institutions and payment processors need to implement controls to deactivate expired cards at the point of sale, as cardholders are unlikely to reliably destroy old cards and fraudsters can exploit dormant contactless credentials.
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vulnerabilities
Researchers find a loophole that lets expired credit cards make unauthorized payments
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst discovered that contactless credit cards can process payments after their printed expiration dates, even when cardholders have received replacement cards. The team presented this vulnerability, called the Zombie Card attack, at USENIX Security 2026 and noted that the issue stems partly from cardholders failing to properly destroy expired cards as instructed by issuers.
Why it matters: Financial institutions and payment processors need to implement controls to deactivate expired cards at the point of sale, as cardholders are unlikely to reliably destroy old cards and fraudsters can exploit dormant contactless credentials.
- Source published
- First seen by Cybersecurity Tracker