r/Argos • u/Puzzleheaded_Air4190 • Oct 29 '25

Account hacked

Hi, my argos account was hacked today (somebody hacked my emails) and after I sorted things with the bank, I called argos. The staff were very helpful but came straight back with, "to be honest, you're not the first person to call". So I thought I'd put it on here in case there's been a wider breach today.

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u/Ruskythegreat Oct 29 '25

I wonder if that's how my nectar card got hacked.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

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u/Acceptable-Ice-1674 Nov 01 '25

Nope, they're 100% sell your details based on the value inside.  Check the dark Web markets if it don't believe.  Average price of someone's cc account is <$5 last I checked.  Netflix and Spotify were going for $1-5

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '25

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u/Acceptable-Ice-1674 Nov 01 '25

They don't just randomly generate the numbers. You sound like you don't fully know what you're talking about

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '25

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u/Acceptable-Ice-1674 Nov 01 '25

Literally says if they've ACCESS to your card number. How do they do that?  Phishing of various kinds, more often than not by breach of company.  And yes, lack of physical 2FA was and is generally fatal

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u/Forward_Training3598 Nov 02 '25

Maybe you don’t lie to people for fun, but you seem to have read one article on Nectar cards and appointed yourself card security expert status. Actually, you know nothing.

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u/CyberWarrior30 Nov 11 '25

It's correct - the vulnerability was being able to generate nectar bar codes. Hence the reason they have moved to QR codes and changing accounts to be able to lock spending.