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Recently, violence in the State of Illinois has been a pressing issue. The crime rate rose 41% from 2021 and compared to the national average, in 2022, the Land of Lincoln reported a higher number of incidents per 1,000 people. This is the second-consecutive year violent crime rates have gone up and the third year the state reported higher rates than both the East North Central region and the US overall.

E-commerce and online marketplaces have led to an increase in the adoption of digital payments. Although this relatively new technology is very convenient and beneficial to expand operations and businesses, it has also led to severe security vulnerabilities and new opportunities for cybercriminals to infiltrate card processing systems and act maliciously.