OnePlus Admits up to 40,000 Users Affected by Credit Card Breach

Jan. 20, 2018

OnePlus has recently been in a lot of controversy surrounding the credit card fraud that occurred on their official store.

As reported by auser on OnePlus forums, fraudulent charges were made on his credit card which he used on the company’s portal, claiming thatOnePlus’ online platform was hacked.

According toOnePlus’ official response,the company admitted having been attacked, while also announcing that up to 40,000 users at oneplus.net may be affected by the incident.The company states that they’ve already sent out emails to all the possibly affected users.

While OnePlus had claimed earlier that theirserver was secure, they did indeedsuspend credit card payments. Now, the company has released more information about the purported hack and the customers affected.

As of now, OnePlus has sent out emails to the potentially affected users.Furthermore, they also urge the users to check their bank statements and get in touch with their banks to prevent any fraudulent charges. OnePlus have also shared an monitored email id: security@oneplus.net, for its customers to report issues to the company. The team has further stated that they are working with their providers and local authorities to better address the incident as well as with their current payment providers to implement a more secure credit card payment method.

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