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Credit cards expire, but frequently the number remains the same. It's quite possible to just add four years to the expiration date and have a valid card. You st
by Cushman 16y ago
Credit cards expire, but frequently the number remains the same. It's quite possible to just add four years to the expiration date and have a valid card. You still wouldn't have CCV, of course.
- viraptor 16y agoThanks for that info. So far I got a new number every time - but I'll have to pay attention in the future. Never knew it's allowed to recycle the number.
- Cushman 16y agoThis may be most common with debit cards— as we've noticed before that debit card numbers frequently include your account number (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1939699 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1939699)
- kmfrk 16y agoI suddenly begin thinking that there's a reason that my credit cards are worn down and have to be replaced once in a while.
- mirkules 16y agoI was recently looking up some guidelines on storing credit card information, and according to section 3.2 of the official PCI guidelines (https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/documents/PCI%20SSC%20Quick%20Reference%20Guide.pdf https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/documents/PCI%20SSC%20Q...), CCV is not allowed to be stored, along with PIN or Full Magnetic Stripe data. Hopefully, Sony didn't do that or they will also face hefty fines in addition to bad PR and lawsuits.
- JoachimSchipper 16y agoDisposaboy posted a mistakenly [dead] comment one hour before this: > I don't personally know whether this is valid or not but there are comments on http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2502477 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2502477 [URL repeated, may have triggered spam filter?] that suggest that in at least some cases it's possible to charge a credit card without the CVV.
- HelloBeautiful 16y agoLows and rules don't apply to mega-corps like Sony, Amazon, Ebay/PayPal, Google, Apple, etc. They all have no problem storing all this together with address, SSN and everything else.
- dschobel 16y agoYou can't make allegations like that with zero supporting evidence. I mean you can... but you'll look silly.
- DisposaBoy 16y agoI don't personally know whether this is valid or not but there are comments on http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2502477 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2502477 , http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2502477 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2502477 that suggest that in at least some cases it's possible to charge a credit card without the CVV.