Amazon account HACKED
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My amazon account was hacked this evening .
I used to keep my apay balance 3000+ as i use apay for my uber rides.
For the same reason I did my best to keep my account secured, update password timely, 2 step factor authentication but still it was hacked and now temporarily blocked
The fraudsters first did some 2500 transaction from my apay balance which was refunded by Amazon within 5min as they found it suspicious and temporarily blocked my account
Fraudsters also tried to change my mobile no. And i also got this email from Amazon "Amazon Pay Later option was enabled for you with your earlier mobile number. Since you have updated your mobile number recently, this option is now disabled for you."
Now the question is how did he got access over my account bcz i never keep the same password for all apps and i have also activated 2 factor authentication
The only loophole i could see is i registered my amazon pay balance account to uber and some other trustful payment apps like Swiggy etc which I don't remember.
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Edit: Last time when something similar happened (Croma GVs via wallet balance), the culprit was found to be modded amazon app
Rooted device bro ?
Any app installed from unknown sources ?
Using any free proxy server ?
Scary stuff if it was hacked despite 2-factor authentication! Better to move balance to a bank account I am starting to think.
Btw computer security expert, Microsoft, no longer recommends changing passwords frequently as a security measure: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/... They say it's an obsolete mitigation
Partially relevant question: which city do you live in?
One more possibility - Uber driver does not end the trip on completion, knowingly or unknowingly, keeps on traveling with the trip in progress. When amount reaches 2500, or driver reaches his destination, then ends the trip at 9 pm. The total amount then gets deducted by Uber for this ghost trip.
My imagination though, happened with me once and I thought my Amazon account hacked
I once installed an Netflix Mod app.(I installed it, opened the app once and left it there). Just after a few days somebody used my Amazon Pay balance to pay some electricity bills. Amazon pay CC is not co-operative at that time and only a strong post on Twitter tagging their CC worked
remove access to other apps like uber swiggy magicpin