General Gaming D1P PSA: nasty data spillage at GameStop website, remove stored credit/debit card info ASAP, update: GS claims that it was a "test" and that "actual" customer data wasn't used

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

From Wario64's Discord server:

 

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Sorry for the ping but I have some news to share. It seems like GameStop is having caching issues when logging in which results in you seeing other people's account information **WHICH INCLUDE SEEING OTHER PEOPLES CREDIT CARD NUMBERS!!** I recommend removing your credit/debit cards from the website and sticking to only paying with PayPal and gift cards online. This glitch also results in seeing other people's addresses, order history, and points history.

 

 

 

[best3444]

Ouch.

[Chris-]

This is why I almost never store my card information. I think the only site I store it is Amazon. 

[Keyser_Soze]

I don't believe I have any credit card info on there. I tried to use a gift card to get a steam card but they wouldn't let me do that so I ended up buying nothing at all!

[stepee]

I actually did have my cc on there and have now removed it ty for the heads up.

[Keyser_Soze]

Yeah I checked. No credit card info and it's been so long I've bought anything from them there is no order history and the only address there is an old address.

[Biggie]

Who the fuck stores their credit card or debit card information with any website in 2022?

[Nokra]

I also didn't have any payment info stored, but I appreciate the heads up on this. Thanks @Commissar SFLUFAN!

[Spork3245]

16 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said:

I don't believe I have any credit card info on there. I tried to use a gift card to get a steam card but they wouldn't let me do that so I ended up buying nothing at all!

 

In-store you can use a gift card for Steam/Xbox/PSN/Nintendo cards. Online won’t let you for digital codes iirc. (Just a heads up if you still have a gift card  )

[Keyser_Soze]

1 hour ago, Spork3245 said:

 

In-store you can use a gift card for Steam/Xbox/PSN/Nintendo cards. Online won’t let you for digital codes iirc. (Just a heads up if you still have a gift card  )

 

Well, it's a bit funny. At the time (and I guess still) Advance Wars was going to come out, so I said I'd just hold on to it for when that drops and well, you know... 😒

[crispy4000]

3 hours ago, Spork3245 said:

 

In-store you can use a gift card for Steam/Xbox/PSN/Nintendo cards. Online won’t let you for digital codes iirc. (Just a heads up if you still have a gift card  )

I just exchanged a $75 gift card online for an equivalent PS store card a week ago.  Policies might have changed.

[SmugPrick]

will this be the final nail in the coffin for that place? I didnt even realize they were still around honestly. 

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

Update:

 

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GameStop’s Customer Care team has responded, claiming that the addresses and names appearing in customers’ accounts were part of a test and “not actual customer data.

 

“This was immediately fixed the same day it took place,” it told VGC. “This was test data created by our teams, not actual customer data.”

 

However, an online search suggests that some of the names and addresses that were shown to customers on its website could match real people. VGC has asked if real address data was used.

 

 

[skillzdadirecta]

1 hour ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

Update:

 

 

[Spork3245]

On 11/27/2022 at 6:52 PM, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

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That’s… umm… an odd test

[Bloodporne]

I could not rush to this meme fast enough