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What's the motivation for this sort of attack? I'm quite sure chargebacks only ever put money back into the cards from which the money originated (i.e. the stol
by nomilk 3y ago
What's the motivation for this sort of attack? I'm quite sure chargebacks only ever put money back into the cards from which the money originated (i.e. the stolen credit cards; not into the attacker's account), which makes it seem kinda pointless.
- weird-eye-issue 3y agoIt is in the title. "Card testing" - Google it
- nomilk 3y agoAh, the attacker learns if the card really works.
- darkwizard42 3y agoThey use debit cards usually and they try to push a small dollar amount on the card to see if it is valid/will work. Basically, someone farmed a bunch of numbers, sold it to someone, that new owner is now testing them to see if they can sell them further to others / launder the money off them.
- acomms 3y agoTheories are discussed in the linked thread