Wideners alert, lots of people's personal accounts hacked after ordering early Mar.

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03-24-2014, 01:23 PM
Jetpig

Wideners alert, lots of people's personal accounts hacked after ordering early Mar.

I ordered 3/5, bank called me today. Cards suspended. Lots of folks on AR15.com, general have been hit. Any of you all??
03-24-2014, 03:45 PM
CharlieNC

I did, but the bank has not been able to determine the source of the fraud. This fits the timing!
03-25-2014, 09:36 AM
thermaler

Was AR 15 breached or a vendor link??
03-25-2014, 01:04 PM
Jetpig

Someone posted they got hacked in the general discussion thread. It has since made it to the reloading thread. I saw the thread yesterday morning early before heading out. Stopped to get gas and wa-la. card no work. Message on the display says transaction denied, collect card. Next stop was the bank and sure enough. Several $889 charges attempted. Bank caught it and shut the card down immediately. I called Wideners on the way to the bank and lady said she had gotten lots of calls concerning this and they were looking into it.
03-25-2014, 02:04 PM
thermaler

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Originally Posted by Jetpig

Someone posted they got hacked in the general discussion thread. It has since made it to the reloading thread. I saw the thread yesterday morning early before heading out. Stopped to get gas and wa-la. card no work. Message on the display says transaction denied, collect card. Next stop was the bank and sure enough. Several $889 charges attempted. Bank caught it and shut the card down immediately. I called Wideners on the way to the bank and lady said she had gotten lots of calls concerning this and they were looking into it.

I'm a member on AR15--I'm trying to figure out if ALL members are at risk of getting hacked?
03-25-2014, 02:52 PM
Hotolds442

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Originally Posted by thermaler

I'm a member on AR15--I'm trying to figure out if ALL members are at risk of getting hacked?

Did you not notice the thread title: "Widener's alert"?
03-25-2014, 03:47 PM
thermaler

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Originally Posted by Hotolds442

Did you not notice the thread title: "Widener's alert"?

You don't say? Did you notice the post also said "Lots of folks on AR15.com, general have been hit." ?
03-25-2014, 04:49 PM
Hotolds442

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Originally Posted by thermaler

You don't say? Did you notice the post also said "Lots of folks on AR15.com, general have been hit." ?

Read it however you want.

The many "in-stock" threads on Arfcom are why it's generally people on arfcom.
03-25-2014, 09:08 PM
thermaler

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Originally Posted by Hotolds442

Read it however you want.

The many "in-stock" threads on Arfcom are why it's generally people on arfcom.

I do like your signature. : )
03-29-2014, 02:32 AM
bani

wideners website was compromised by a hacker and credit cards stolen. they finally posted an admission on their website.

i notified them back on march 13th. guess they should have taken me more seriously.

i suspect more than their credit cards were stolen, as i detected it by getting spam to the unique email address i use only for wideners. so i suspect their email database got stolen as well.
03-29-2014, 05:18 AM
thermaler

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Originally Posted by bani

wideners website was compromised by a hacker and credit cards stolen. they finally posted an admission on their website.

i notified them back on march 13th. guess they should have taken me more seriously.

i suspect more than their credit cards were stolen, as i detected it by getting spam to the unique email address i use only for wideners. so i suspect their email database got stolen as well.

They are a pretty specialized e-merchant in the bigger scheme of things in the Internet world--I wonder how vulnerable other firearms-related sites are; many of them appear to be rather low-tech jobs.
03-30-2014, 04:17 PM
Hotolds442

Rogers Sporting Goods has also been hacked, they've known about it since November or December and have not publicly acknowledged it, nor have they solved the problem.
http://www.refugeforums.com/refuge/s...d.php?t=968381