It has not been a good week for MCX, the company_behind the QR-code powered CurrentC. After being the source of anger by many NFC-payment enthusiasts (most of them new because of Apple Pay) because partners were disabling NFC, the company was hacked and email accounts were compromised. So today, it hosted a virtual press conference to answer many reporter’s questions about what exactly is going on._According to TechCrunch, during the press conference MCX says the hack was the fault of an email vendor and that there are no fines on partner vendors that accept NFC payments. The New York Times...

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