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This was almost certainly a social engineering hack (if it is true at all which I don't believe it is). There is no trick to how a gift card works... A token v

This was almost certainly a social engineering hack (if it is true at all which I don't believe it is). There is no trick to how a gift card works... A token value is stored on the card which maps to a number in the backend, where they keep state. The value on the card is static.. It also sounds like his motivations are criminal.. Otherwise he would have stopped before stealing hundreds of dollars

scandinavian 12y ago
Where I'm from it is possible by bruteforce with some providers. The cards are purely recognized by a number, this number can be used to check the balance on the card on their website. The numbers er not random, but in series, so all it takes is a card writer and finding a number with an active card with money on it.
- steakejjs 12y ago
  I suppose it is possible. I just checked sheetz gift cards and the value you enter online is 19digits and incremented. However in the past I examined sheetz cards and the value on track2 of the mag strip was different than the incremented 19digit card code. If a provider did use the same value, you could increment, guess, and write The problem is it's all on camera