Walmart customer account hack costs US shopper $2,000
A customer in Florida, US, lost $2,000 after their Walmart account was hacked. The customer claimed Walmart cancelled the refund.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Walmart
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Financial loss of $2,000 for one customer
- Cause / method
- Hacking of the customer's Walmart account
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- It emerged that a hack of a Walmart customer's account resulted in a $2,000 loss.
- The affected customer claimed Walmart cancelled the refund.
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