washguy Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 Just got a letter from AIM saying they had a data breach...oh joy! So your DL or maybe FFL has been poached by hackers....they offer one free year of credit monitoring.Anybody else get the letter? Wash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue109 Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 Holding it in my hand right now...guess I don't need to open it now. Its been a while so that card isn't active. Rather they offer some free shipping! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepp Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 What's AIM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washguy Posted May 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 Remember first time we bought...had to prove age with DL to them...thats what got poached....im thinkin. Wash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washguy Posted May 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 2 minutes ago, shepp said: What's AIM? Aim surplus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armed Eye Doc Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 I got one as well. I don't remember having to send dl picture though. It's been a while and I really don't remember what I got from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 That's not good,no letter yet.Got the MagPul 10-22 hunter stock a few months ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malig8r Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 I haven't received a letter from them as of yet either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slugger43 Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 This hacking schit is getting old. Latest for me some SOB spent almost $500 out of my USAA checking via my PayPal account - bought 3 rebuilt I-phones....easy items to sell, I guess. Had to jump through a few hoops at PayPal, and notified by e-mail and phone to USAA, but in less than a week had the funds all back in my account. Both companies very helpful. Would like to ID the SOB and give 'em a hefty crotch boot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepp Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 (edited) 4 hours ago, slugger43 said: This hacking schit is getting old. Latest for me some SOB spent almost $500 out of my USAA checking via my PayPal account - bought 3 rebuilt I-phones....easy items to sell, I guess. Had to jump through a few hoops at PayPal, and notified by e-mail and phone to USAA, but in less than a week had the funds all back in my account. Both companies very helpful. Would like to ID the SOB and give 'em a hefty crotch boot! Last one I had was a year ago, my debit card. They bought 3000$ in Apple computers and were nice enough to get their mother flowers for Mother's Day.............on me, well on the bank i was told one of the biggest places your info gets stolen is paying at the gas pump. I quit doing that and also found out others had it happen and mainly got gas at the same station I normally went to, so I quit going there too. Edited May 2, 2016 by shepp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtallen83 Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 What irritates me is the lack of follow-up by law enforcement on this type of crime. Due to my information being stolen from the government I get one of those monitoring services for free so they caught the transaction in time to shut it down, There had been two transaction, one for 4 cents and then an order for an X-Box. The 4 cent transaction just happen to be at a motel chain I had just checked out of after an 8 month stay then just minutes later the X-box. The bank made me whole and sent a new card but there was zero follow-up from law enforcement. It should have been easy to figure out who ran the number at the motel, time and location were known they just needed to find out who had access there at that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbas4570 Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 I haven't been hacked yet, but it almost sounds like a guy should go te way of cash for everything anymore. That and MO for for ordering stuff.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slugger43 Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 I was made whole, but I have no info on how it happened, who did it, etc. The goodies were mailed someplace, and it was NOT to my PMB. The store where the stuff was bought mailed three items to somebody. I'm with JT on the follow-up. Penalties for hacking and ID theft need to be much stiffer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue109 Posted May 4, 2016 Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 I had one a few months ago. Cc company caught it and denied the charges and shut the card down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLC Posted May 4, 2016 Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 On 5/3/2016 at 1:44 AM, slugger43 said: I was made whole, but I have no info on how it happened, who did it, etc. The goodies were mailed someplace, and it was NOT to my PMB. The store where the stuff was bought mailed three items to somebody. I'm with JT on the follow-up. Penalties for hacking and ID theft need to be much stiffer. I'd love to see that too, but investigating hacking is time and training intensive. Then there's jurisdictional issues involved with the location of the criminal, location of the things that got hacked, etc etc. If a hacker has three brain cells to rub together attribution can be close to impossible. ID theft often times runs along the same lines. Not in all cases, but most. Data breaches happen so often and on such a huge scale the Fed can't investigate them all. I hate to sound like a Debbie Downer, but the level of prosecution and investigation this kind of thing deserves just isn't possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepp Posted May 4, 2016 Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 15 minutes ago, MLC said: I'd love to see that too, but investigating hacking is time and training intensive. Then there's jurisdictional issues involved with the location of the criminal, location of the things that got hacked, etc etc. If a hacker has three brain cells to rub together attribution can be close to impossible. ID theft often times runs along the same lines. Not in all cases, but most. Data breaches happen so often and on such a huge scale the Fed can't investigate them all. I hate to sound like a Debbie Downer, but the level of prosecution and investigation this kind of thing deserves just isn't possible. They should just give the victim their name address and phone number and let them handle it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
392heminut Posted May 4, 2016 Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 13 minutes ago, shepp said: They should just give the victim their name address and phone number and let them handle it Now THAT sounds like a plan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slugger43 Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 4 hours ago, shepp said: They should just give the victim their name address and phone number and let them handle it Jeez, yeah! Oh, and I HAVE my own tools! Bet I could create some "sluggerphobics". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planeflyer21 Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 11 hours ago, 392heminut said: Now THAT sounds like a plan! Many years ago, in a different age, I called the phone company about long distance charges billed to our account. The calls were made from a town in Arizona where I didn't go at the time. On something like my third call to the phone company, the rep said "Sir, even though your number was charged fraudulently, I am not allowed to tell you that number (602) 234-5678 owned by John Smith at 123 Maple in Show Low are where the charges originated." Can't get away with that now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepp Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 18 minutes ago, planeflyer21 said: Many years ago, in a different age, I called the phone company about long distance charges billed to our account. The calls were made from a town in Arizona where I didn't go at the time. On something like my third call to the phone company, the rep said "Sir, even though your number was charged fraudulently, I am not allowed to tell you that number (602) 234-5678 owned by John Smith at 123 Maple in Show Low are where the charges originated." Can't get away with that now. That would be a huge ball of law suits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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