People's Choice Credit Union Cards Hacked 19/01/2022

Poor Ass on 19/01/2022 - 16:18
Last edited 19/01/2022 - 18:40

People with People's Choice Credit Union has recently been hacked

Information I know is that it's a batch hack and to pre authorise purchases on Amazon

If you have one of these cards. Check your account and you might be getting a call soon from People

Edit: I got a phone call from a rep

Edit: No I didn't get scammed. I got a call from them telling me they will be cancelling and re-issuing my card. A scammer wouldn't cancel any cards.

Edit: They called from https://www.reverseaustralia.com/lookup/0282999534/ and had all my details and said they were going to cancel card number ending XXXX and said it has been comprised and asked if I had purchases XXX on XXX time

Edit: There's no money in the account for those curious. I just signed up for https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/637329 and cashed out

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Comments

  • avoidfullprice on 19/01/2022 - 16:35

    Woooo, maybe get free parcels

    Nothing a $5 gift won't fix, right ozbargainers?

    • Poor Ass on 19/01/2022 - 16:36

      100% triangulation fraud

  • AndyC1 on 19/01/2022 - 16:44
    +1

    Where are the news posts indicating hack/breach? Link to post(s) please.

    • Poor Ass on 19/01/2022 - 16:45

      I don't think they want to do that

      • AndyC1 on 20/01/2022 - 08:11

        THE CREDIT UNION WAS NOT HACKED as there are no news articles and OP cannot supply info to back up the claim.

        Looks more like OP was scammed or the card was compromised somehow by hackers using a brute force attack and the bank may have called. as posted below it could be a bin attach as explained on the https://www.westpac.co.nz/rednews/bin-attack-fraud-what-it-i… page.

        • Poor Ass on 20/01/2022 - 10:44
          -1

          hacked is easier to understand than BIN attacks

  • rektrading on 19/01/2022 - 17:11

    Nothing on Twitter.
    https://twitter.com/search?q=Choice%20Credit%20Union%20hacke…

    Fake news

    • Poor Ass on 19/01/2022 - 17:25

      I got a phone call from them and they cancelled my card… how can I back that up?

      • pharkurnell on 19/01/2022 - 17:40

        it wasnt the credit union that called…

        • avoidfullprice on 19/01/2022 - 18:38
          +2

          No way, OP had to confirm personal details to cancel card. A scammer would never do that.

          Wait

          • AndyC1 on 19/01/2022 - 20:19

            @avoidfullprice: And no news posts or any info on the net….

            Wait for the I have been hacked as my credit card has unauthorized amounts, so the credit union was hacked… It was not scammed as I know better…

          • Poor Ass on 19/01/2022 - 23:12

            @avoidfullprice: lol I didn't confirm any details they knew everything

    • pharkurnell on 19/01/2022 - 17:40
      +1

      Ask them on twitter :)

    • AustriaBargain on 19/01/2022 - 18:05
      +1

      It doesn't look like they use their Twitter for much other than very occasional marketing.

  • AustriaBargain on 19/01/2022 - 18:03

    Is this only credit cards or is it all their cards?

    • Poor Ass on 19/01/2022 - 23:11

      You have one? Better check

  • Hithere on 19/01/2022 - 18:03

    Edit: I got a phone call from a rep

    Scammed?

    Maybe this - an outage.

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-20/peoples-choice-credit…

    • kerfuffle on 19/01/2022 - 18:13
      +2

      That article is 364 days old

      • Hithere on 19/01/2022 - 18:26

        Oops. Sorry about that.

      • Baysew on 19/01/2022 - 19:08
        +3

        Are they back on line now?

        • Poor Ass on 20/01/2022 - 10:45

          they haven't stopped anything they are just calling some customers that have been affected

  • GordonD on 19/01/2022 - 18:05
    +2

    Peoples Choice Credit Union's web site has an alerts page for stuff like this.

    And there's nothing on it to support the OP's claim.

    The OP should be asking himself whether he got scammed.

  • pegaxs on 19/01/2022 - 18:32
    +2

    Did the caller ask you any details regarding the card? Did you have to answer their security questions?

    It’s starting to sound more like OP got phished.

    • avoidfullprice on 19/01/2022 - 18:41
      +1

      OP username will check out soon

    • Poor Ass on 19/01/2022 - 18:42

      they said they are going to cancel card number ending XXXX as it has been compromised

      Only question they asked if I had go on XXX website at XXX time and I said no

      Card cancelled and reissued that was it

      • [Deactivated] on 19/01/2022 - 19:01
        +1

        Sounds like a phishing scam that failed then they tell you they reissue the card so you won't be alarmed

        • kipps on 19/01/2022 - 21:02
          +1

          Not likely to be a phishing scam if they only got “no” out of the interaction. It’s more likely the card was compromised by someone attacking BIN ranges and ran a charge through a generated card #. These things happen without the bank or the customer being at fault. It’s how insecure the CC system is by design.

          Westpac explains it here - https://www.westpac.co.nz/rednews/bin-attack-fraud-what-it-i…

          • AndyC1 on 19/01/2022 - 21:47

            @kipps: I got hit with with this years ago when I spotted a USD 1c change for a US purchase and rang the bank straight away and they cancelled the card and re-issued it. I called the bank using their published number of their web site!!!

  • frostface on 19/01/2022 - 18:41
    +12

    We have completed our evaluation of the hack. We regret to announce the following people were hacked, which I will read in alphabetical order… Ass, Poor. That is all.

    • Poor Ass on 19/01/2022 - 18:42

      hahahaha you get an upvote

      • AndyC1 on 19/01/2022 - 20:20
        +1

        And phone numbers are ALWAYS real…. real as flying pink elephants.

  • avoidfullprice on 19/01/2022 - 21:48

    Call number comments read legit

    • GordonD on 20/01/2022 - 09:50

      That can be faked.

    • AndyC1 on 20/01/2022 - 10:31
      +1

      You need to read more, google "scammers fake phone number" and read.

  • Ryk on 20/01/2022 - 13:21
    +1

    This happens everyday with every bank, business as usual.

    • Poor Ass on 20/01/2022 - 14:12
      -2

      yeah but not really reported if small scale

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