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

[Jason Eckert]

> Thankfully, instead of buying online, I prefer to go to Canada Computers
in person as I like wandering around computer stores.
I do the same, but only because I love being asked if I want the extended
service warranty on an $11 NVMe USB enclosure three times.

On Fri, 23 Jan 2026 at 18:07, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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