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Walmart Stored Value Cards Compromised

Posted by michael on from the buyer-beware dept.

morcheeba writes "It appears that Walmart's pre-paid gift cards have been hacked. Customers are buying cards and finding that criminals have already emptied them of value. It seems someone has access to Walmart's database and/or registration data, and can create clones of recently activated cards. (via engadget)"

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  1. Bad Publicity by MikeMacK · · Score: 5, Insightful
    "Well initially he told me that he really couldn't do anything for me," Tami Kegley says of the Wal-Mart employee she dealt with. "He said it was a corporate issue." But Tami persisted, and got finally got the $150.00. Carol also got her money back.

    Wal-Mart does not need anymore bad publicity, this should be a non-issue, if people got cheated, they need to provide recompense. It's not like they can't afford it.

  2. Re:Cool but.... by nizo · · Score: 4, Insightful
    the culprit will be set for life when it comes to toilet paper and snacks.

    Ummm, considering the number of cameras in every Walmart I have ever seen, it will only be a matter of time before whoever is doing this gets caught. I would bet money that sooner or later Walmart will start sending fake cards through the system (with high dollar amounts) to catch these kinds of people too.

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  3. Re:I think it's an inside job by idiot900 · · Score: 4, Insightful
    If it were an inside job (which I doubt knowing the intellect of most Wal-Mart Workers. Do you want to be the squiggly?)


    It's easy enough, then, to be a networking pro and get a job as a Walmart drone by just not putting your qualifications on the application? If one's new coworkers are then as stupid as you imply, running an inside job such as this doesn't sound too difficult.