Bottom line, never give that chip to anyone. If you’re throwing out your credit or debit card, make sure you’re cutting up the chip too.

Pennsylvania advocates propose debit cards with microchips to combat rising food stamp theft For several years now, thieves have been hacking into food stamp accounts and robbing people of funds ...

Moving the commonwealth’s 670,000 SNAP households to new cards is going to require a minimum of several months’ work, and — at the current rate of theft — each month means another $1 ...