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Same, just last week on my Wise account. "Manual entry". First a 0USD "card check" was triggered, couple hours later transactions started going through. I noti
by throwaway01wise 2y ago
Same, just last week on my Wise account. "Manual entry". First a 0USD "card check" was triggered, couple hours later transactions started going through.
I noticed a couple days later by accident, randomly checking my balance in the app. I got no notifications from Wise app at any time.
Thing is, although I have a physical Wise card, it was never used anywhere since the account was opened, so I suspected something was way off. Can't be stolen credit card info from some random store online, or ATM skimming etc.
While I don't know what all the possible ways to pull this off are, had a feeling I'd be reading about it on HN soon.
This breach, or some other breach, looks to me like someone has enough info to charge random Wise accounts.
- n_ary 2y agoI suspect that some more data has been breached than Wise wants to disclose, but the bad practices in industry does not surprise me. It could be that the card provider for wise is at fault here and not wise directly but the fact that charges still happen and get declined due to inadequate funds without notifications for approval(which always happens for me on manual entry unless I used a vendor several times for same amount) for very random never before used vendors around the globe in short time should definitely trigger some fraud alerts. Edit: typo