Harbor Freight "WARNING"


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Today i received a call from my local bank saying my debit card had been canceled !! Seems as tho some Hackers broke into their Harbor Freight's system & stole a whole bunch of Credit & Debit card numbers ! I do not know if this is just the Harbor Freight in Billings,Montana which is the closest to Wyoming where i buy a lot of tools ! If you have bought anything from Harbor Freight lately you may want to call your bank immediately !!!!!!

 

Chuck

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I shop Harbor Freight a lot and have not recieved any such warnings from my bank(s).

I always keep alert as to transactions on my accounts.

Was anything charged using your card?
 

Usually when it is the database that gets hacked / accessed it relates to online purchases since they tend to retain those if you set up a profile and password so you can check the progress of your order.

If you use it at the stores, they don't retain it, the swipe is transmitted to a processing company (which may have been hacked).   That would be my guess, that the card processing company the one in Billings uses got hacked and their database stolen.

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Yep could of been Pete, the bank did not give me any info other than what i stated, then today they said the hackers tried to get a cash advance of $3,000 ............ LMAO i never keep more than $750 in it at a time, when needed i transfer from my checking over to my debit !! Hope they catch them !!

 

Chuck

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