How Criminals Are Defeating A Popular Paper Money Anti-Counterfeiting Measure
Nearly all Western nations have, over the past couple decades, added anti-counterfeiting measures to their currency. One popular mechanism currently in use in many nations is a small strip with holograms on it; reproducing holograms has historically been much more complex and expensive for criminals versus printing bogus copies of equivalent currency that did not sport holograms. Now, however, criminals have found a simple way to circumvent holograms.
What is the scam? How do crooks defeat holograms?
To learn more, please see my article in Inc. entitled How Criminals Are Defeating A Popular Paper Money Anti-Counterfeiting Measure.
Joseph Steinberg is a cybersecurity expert witness and advisor, and a Lecturer on Cybersecurity at Columbia University in NYC. He has led businesses in the information-security industry for over two decades, and has written books ranging from the best-selling Cybersecurity for Dummies to the official study guide for a CISO certification exam. He is one of only a few dozen people worldwide to hold the suite of advanced information security certifications, CISSP, ISSAP, ISSMP, and CSSLP, indicating that he possesses a rare, robust knowledge of information security that is both broad and deep; his information-security-related inventions are cited in well over 500 US patent filings.
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