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Another fun post from this blog: https://brr.fyi/posts/credit-card-shenanigans https://brr.fyi/posts/credit-card-shenanigans In Antarctica different bases run
by mariojv 4y ago
Another fun post from this blog: https://brr.fyi/posts/credit-card-shenanigans https://brr.fyi/posts/credit-card-shenanigans
In Antarctica different bases run infrastructure through their own countries, so you can generate credit card charges that look like they're from the US and New Zealand one after the other, which triggers bank companies' fraud systems. Interesting!
- KineticLensman 4y agoThis came up on HN a few days ago. IIRC the warning flag for fraud detection is that the card appears to move from (say) the US to NZ in just a few minutes, which is (obviously!) impossible in the real world.
- MichaelZuo 4y agoI would have thought the card terminals would have a GPS chip in them just for those cases where terminals from multiple countries are used side-by-side.
- hiidrew 4y agothought the two-factor SMS post was interesting as well! links like these are one of the reasons why I love HN.