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MG MGA - Moss computer software hacked.

I read a couple of days ago on the MG Experience Forum in the USA that Moss Europe have had their computer software hacked.

This meant that anyone who had done an online purchase with them between the 16th and the 29th November could have had their credit card details leaked.
Unfortunately, I am included in that group as I bought online from them during that time..
The leaked info includes, account name, long credit card number, security number and dates, so in theory, the hackers could use this information to do buy things using this information.

Then, yesterday afternoon, I received my email from Moss warning me about the hacking and they recommended that I stop the credit card and send for a replacement.

I have checked my banks credit card statements and it seems that they haven't done this, but I have cancelled the card and sent for a replacement.

The new card will have new numbers, dates and security number but the same name. Fortunately, I don't have to change the pin number as Moss didn't have that info.

The annoying things were that I spent almost 2 hours on hold, waiting to speak to my credit card company and that I have to be without a card for a few days.

But it could have been much worse and although I am not so happy with Moss being hacked, at least they told me about it fairly quickly.

But in future, I will ask Moss not to keep my card info on record.

So, if you used have bought from Moss online recently, it is worth checking your card statement.

Cheers
Colyn
Colyn Firth

Sorry to hear that Colyn, and good of you to publicise it.
Sadly I think this will be happening more and more.
Graham V

On line fraud is rife. My cousin has just had her Amazon account hacked. She was taken for £3500. Hopefully she will get it back but the stress and memory of it all sticks for a long time.

PS. What's your pin Colyn? Age related to your MGA?

Steve
Steve Gyles

Nice try Steve, :^)

I had considered having a pin number based on the number of girls who had voluntarily offered to kiss me before I met my wife. The advantage would have been that it would have been very easily memorable due to the very large numbers of zeros included in it! :^)

Good idea about basing the pin number on the age of my MGA, but even that idea would have been scuppered because I have only very recently discovered that my ex-California import 1600 MkI that I have always understood to be a 1960 model, actually came off the production line in Abingdon in 1959!

Cheers

Colyn


Colyn Firth

I read a joke somewhere that Jeremy Clarkson's PIN was 0260 (get it?)
Graham V

Took me few minutes Graham but I got there in the end, but then again, I never was any good at standing starts!

Colyn
Colyn Firth

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