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How do I prevent hackers from stealing my debit card information? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by Snowman44@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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My wife and I keep getting our debit cards stolen online. We notice the charges and are able to dispute them and cancel our cards, but it sure is annoying.

We don't put our card information on suspicious websites. They're on well known websites like amazon and Facebook.

We ran out emails through a data breach checker and it found nothing.

I don't think there's any malware on our devices.

Any idea what could be happening and how to prevent it?

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[–] Snowman44@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Running a virus scan wouldn't be enough? I'd rather not factory reset everything.

[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

how do I fix this?

probably like this.

No :(

[–] RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be fair, factory resets are a huge pain in the ass. Might as well try other things before busting out the nuclear option.

[–] nous@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Once you suspect a device is infected the only good option is the nuclear option. Anything else will not be guaranteed to 100% remove it, or really, anywhere near close to that, or even detect everything wrong in the first place or after attempted removal. And with a month long period between attacks that is a long time to wait and see to see if any other option might work.

[–] Saikopat@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No, it won't. If you value that situation enough to post here, you should also listen to the advices you're given.

If you have an antivirus running and you're still being pwnd, a scan won't change anything.

Format everything, computers, phones, everything with an Internet connection really. Yes, it's a pain, but also yes, it's necessary.

Do it