Posted on 03/06/2023 11:43:50 PM PST by Revel
A darkweb website known as “BidenCash” released more than 2 million credit and debit card numbers and details, security researchers have warned.
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Threat research website Cyble wrote that “the data within the leak included Personally Identifiable Information such as names, emails, phone numbers, home addresses, and the main offering: payment card numbers, expiration dates, and CVV codes, with the expiration dates ranging from early 2023 up to 2052.”
“This leak contained at least 740,858 credit cards, 811,676 debit cards, and 293 charge cards,” according to a blog post dated March 1. “The inherent risk is higher for debit card holders than credit card holders, due to different fraud protection.”
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The top five most impacted banks are Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo, Capitol One, and Citibank, the researchers noted. However, some 1.6 million were listed as “others.”
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My first thought...
This hack is bogus.
At least one new website will appear where you can type in your name and card number to find out if YOUR card was hacked.
Thank you for your personal data, you morons!
Gotta love the parallel.
Just give away money with no concerns about the future. Just throw it to the wind, hoping a bunch gets gifted back.
“…with the expiration dates ranging from early 2023 up to 2052.”
The longest expiration date I’ve ever seen on any of my cards has been 4 years. Is this possibly a transposition that should have been 2025?
May be a coincidence but my wife’s card was hacked, “stolen” or whatever you call it last week. This was a credit union issued ATM/Debit card. She never used the card for debit purchases, only for ATM purposes at our local branch office. All, 3-5, of the fraudulent charges were online purchases all under $25.00. (I didn’t know you could buy online with a debit card.)
Aside, several years ago we were issued new ATM cards that also could be used as debit cards. We indicated that we did not want the debit feature. The credit union response was they no longer offered ATM only cards. I’m thinking they might rethink that policy.
Of course you can. PayPal even offers one, no interest. Just possible fines for subjectively judged violation of ambiguous hate speech, that of using the PayPal service for activities that:...relate to transactions involving... (f) the promotion of hate, violence, racial or other forms of intolerance that is discriminatory.
Our WF credit card was hacked Sunday/Monday over night. fraud caught it right away on a $1.12 charge to Amazon from Mexico. Waiting for new cards as of now.
That was a test. If it went thru you could expect a much larger hit next time.
Knock on wood...
I had a Chase credit card for use as a backup—never used.
When I logged onto my account and saw a $25 charge at a gas station in Los Angeles, while I live in the mid west I was bothered. Obviously, someone at Chase was doing it.
I got the card charge reversed and a new card.
Same here. Years ago had transferred a balance to a card and it sat on my desk unused. I later got a fraud alert because the account was being used for small purchases on the other side of the country. Total inside job.
Never had on for that reason
Five years later I got a call from AMEX about an attempt to charge a large hotel bill on that card. The fraudsters had all of my personal identifying data. The only security flag was that the card had never been used in five years. And of course, I was not in the city where the charge attempt took place.
The security department thanked me for taking their call and declined the charges.
Total inside job. Some clerk at AMEX must have sold a list to the fraudsters.
I cancelled that card, and every other card I was not using.
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