[kwlug-disc] OT: Canada Computers credit card skimmer

[CrankyOldBugger]

I saw this same news on Mastodon earlier today.  Thankfully, instead of
buying online, I prefer to go to Canada Computers in person as I like
wandering around computer stores..  Yeah, I usually end up buying more than
I came for, but it's all good, right?


On Fri, 23 Jan 2026 at 22:08, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <
kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:

> This is off-topic but I suspect more than one KWLUGer patronizes
> Canada Computers, so I thought I would take the risk to post it. I got
> this info from the KWTechs slack.
>
> Apparently there was a credit card skimmer for the online checkout at
> Canada Computers. It has been running at least since December 2025,
> and probably for a year before that. For some reason this has not been
> reported in the mainstream media, but there is a Reddit thread with
> receipts here:
>
>
> https://old.reddit.com/r/bapccanada/comments/1qk4axy/canada_computers_online_card_skimmer/
>
> If you have shopped online at Canada Computers you might want to check
> your credit card statements and/or go through the headache of
> cancelling things.
>
> - Paul
>
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