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    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??

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    I did, but the bank has not been able to determine the source of the fraud. This fits the timing!

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    Was AR 15 breached or a vendor link??
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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jetpig View Post
    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?
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    Quote Originally Posted by thermaler View Post
    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"?
    Originally Posted by keeki
    Guess it doesn't really matter. If ya cant afford $15, you won't be buying much anyways

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hotolds442 View Post
    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." ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by thermaler View Post
    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.
    Originally Posted by keeki
    Guess it doesn't really matter. If ya cant afford $15, you won't be buying much anyways

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hotolds442 View Post
    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. : )
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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bani View Post
    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.
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    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
    Originally Posted by keeki
    Guess it doesn't really matter. If ya cant afford $15, you won't be buying much anyways

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