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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.