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		boramalper on Jan 22, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Detect breaches with Canary credit cards I wonder if the BIN/IIN (Bank/Issuer Identification Number[0]) of canary cards give it away. For this to work against sophisticated attackers, I'd expect a canary card to be indistinguishable from a regular one, though I still love the ingenuity of it. edit: They mention this in the article, I missed it. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payment_card_number#Issuer_ide...

veleek on Jan 22, 2023 [–]

The blog post specifically calls out BINs and their limitations and some things they are doing to improve it.

boramalper on Jan 22, 2023 | [–]

I only skimmed the article, you are absolutely right. Sorry!

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