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CC info got stolen, anyone who's better with computers than me have any idea how?
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2015-08-14 at 4:54 PM UTCA couple weeks ago, my girlfriend and I were dogsitting for a friend for 10 days. During this period we both made online purchases with our credit cards over their wifi. After we were done dogsitting, my girlfriend's card got charged from store in another state. She got an immediate email notification, and they cancelled the card and the charges. A couple days later, I had two charges that I didn't make appear on my statement. So I called the bank and had my shit cancelled.
At this point I realized it could be more than a coincidence, and we had both used that same wifi network to buy stuff (on different computers), so I sent a text to our friend warning here that there could be something fishy with her wifi, and she texted me back that her info got stolen as well. Now I think it is definitely not a coincidence, but I'm not sure exactly what is going on.
The only thing I can think of is that someone could be sitting outside with a laptop, or maybe a neighbor, that got onto the network and is using a packet sniffer and decrypting the info they get to steal the credit card information, but like I said I'm not too great with computers and stuff. Anyone got any ideas what's going on? -
2015-08-14 at 5:11 PM UTCthis is why I only used prepaids to buy stuff online.
My retardation with computers causes me to take such measures.
I wish I knew enough to help, but I don't. -
2015-08-14 at 5:19 PM UTCThere are multiple ways to accomplish this but if i were to do it i'd use malware that grabs all the PI i require right out of the browser before it gets encrypted. But since you mentioned different computers i'll assume you brought your own laptop when you made the order. If so, it does sound like someone is snooping on the traffic in question. But hey, what do i know.
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2019-06-04 at 10:06 PM UTC
Originally posted by The Self Taught Man A couple weeks ago, my girlfriend and I were dogsitting for a friend for 10 days. During this period we both made online purchases with our credit cards over their wifi. After we were done dogsitting, my girlfriend's card got charged from store in another state. She got an immediate email notification, and they cancelled the card and the charges. A couple days later, I had two charges that I didn't make appear on my statement. So I called the bank and had my shit cancelled.
At this point I realized it could be more than a coincidence, and we had both used that same wifi network to buy stuff (on different computers), so I sent a text to our friend warning here that there could be something fishy with her wifi, and she texted me back that her info got stolen as well. Now I think it is definitely not a coincidence, but I'm not sure exactly what is going on.
The only thing I can think of is that someone could be sitting outside with a laptop, or maybe a neighbor, that got onto the network and is using a packet sniffer and decrypting the info they get to steal the credit card information, but like I said I'm not too great with computers and stuff. Anyone got any ideas what's going on?
More likely that they just left the default password that the cable company set which is usually the first two numbers of their address, their first name, the second two numbers, then their last name. -
2019-06-04 at 10:10 PM UTCI'm surprised that fake wifi networks aren't more of a thing yet, outside state actors.
I would bet OPs friends both used their CCs in the same restaurant or something like that. -
2019-06-04 at 10:34 PM UTC
Originally posted by Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country I'm surprised that fake wifi networks aren't more of a thing yet, outside state actors.
I would bet OPs friends both used their CCs in the same restaurant or something like that.
That would be like shitting in the bowl you eat from
Or maybe shitting on the plate at the table where you eat -
2019-06-04 at 10:39 PM UTC
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2019-06-04 at 10:53 PM UTC
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2019-06-04 at 10:55 PM UTC
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2019-06-04 at 10:57 PM UTC
Originally posted by Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country No, she stole her CC number and CVV2 code, then used it to order stuff online.
She claimed the money back, so no worse off besides having to spend a few hours with the bank.
It's apparently very common.
Well what kind of food was she eating? -
2019-06-04 at 10:58 PM UTC
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2019-06-04 at 10:59 PM UTCher bowl deserved to be shat in thanks
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2019-06-04 at 11 PM UTC
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2019-06-04 at 11:01 PM UTCi bet it was a jedi who shat in her bowl
