The Chronicle of Philanthropy: “Criminals are using poorly protected charity websites to test the validity of stolen credit-card numbers, cybersecurity experts said this week, costing some groups thousands of dollars. Simplified online donation pages make it easy for people to give — but also serve as prime testing ground for credit-card thieves. ‘There’s a giant target painted on the industry’s back that is very advantageous for credit-card thieves,’ said Kevin Conroy, chief product officer at GlobalGiving. Although not a new problem, it is now “near universal,” said Matt Holford, chief technology officer at DoSomething.org.”
