Arks
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For about a week I've been undergoing a horrible "attack" of some kind. Thousands of "test transactions" have been sent to my inn website CC processor, Authorize.net, using names like "Mary Doe" and "Simmons Simmons" and "Walter Walter". They all seem to be using legitimate CC numbers and addresses, but they all get rejected by Authorize for "suspicious activity".
The ONLY CC charges that are processed through Authorize are my inn charges through Reservation Key, so I have no idea if this is coming from my website or...who knows.
I haven't lost a penny, but there are 2 problems:
So, just passing this along as something I've never seen before, and I'll update it as it progresses, in case it can help others.
The ONLY CC charges that are processed through Authorize are my inn charges through Reservation Key, so I have no idea if this is coming from my website or...who knows.
I haven't lost a penny, but there are 2 problems:
- I have to delete thousands of Auto-Receipt/Merchant Email Receipt emails daily from Authorize. I can't delete them in a batch because I have to scan through the email subjects to make sure I'm not deleting a legitimate email. So it takes about 5 minutes, twice a day.
- The CC processor (not Authorize...they just accept or decline the charge then pass it on to the processor) the processor is threatening to deactivate my account due to excessive fraud attempts.
So, just passing this along as something I've never seen before, and I'll update it as it progresses, in case it can help others.