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

[CrankyOldBugger]

Jason, I told Jean what you said so she sent this for you:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZyM4N2I50p4


On Fri, 23 Jan 2026 at 23:56, Jason Eckert <jason.eckert at gmail.com> wrote:

> > 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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