Freaking out - bank account 'hacked' despite using Linux
Got an email today saying that my Verified by Visa password had been changed. Rang the bank and after going through a few different people finally got to the Verified by Visa people. My password had been changed and there had been a transaction that they'd already flagged up as suspicious and written to me about.
My card has now been cancelled and I have to wait for a new one. Christ knows how I'm going to pay for parking tomorrow. Strangely enough, I'm freaking out a little here.
The thing is, I use Linux when I purchase things. The last thing I can think of that I bought on my Visa was from Wickes - two weeks ago. I've checked my Firefox history and I'm pretty certain it was done in Linux. I did buy stuff from Amazon recently, which could have been in Windows - but I can't remember ever using Verified by Visa with Amazon, because they already have all my details. I don't normally have to re input anything.
I'm trying to work out what might have happened. Could it have been a problem with Wickes' site? Could it have been a Firefox addon (now all uninstalled, and I've switched to Opera for the time being).
I don't know whether to change all my passwords or not. I don't often use by Verified by Visa, so I would expect other things to be 'hacked' before this (like my bank account?). I'm quite frankly scared. This shouldn't happen through Linux. I know Linux isn't 100% perfectly secure, but it should be pretty damn unlikely. Edit: and to clarify this, what I mean to say is that I know a website could be responsible (in which case I'm not worried about other passwords), but if it's something wider on my machine then it should be unlikely - if that makes sense.
I really don't know what to do.
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My card has now been cancelled and I have to wait for a new one. Christ knows how I'm going to pay for parking tomorrow. Strangely enough, I'm freaking out a little here.
The thing is, I use Linux when I purchase things. The last thing I can think of that I bought on my Visa was from Wickes - two weeks ago. I've checked my Firefox history and I'm pretty certain it was done in Linux. I did buy stuff from Amazon recently, which could have been in Windows - but I can't remember ever using Verified by Visa with Amazon, because they already have all my details. I don't normally have to re input anything.
I'm trying to work out what might have happened. Could it have been a problem with Wickes' site? Could it have been a Firefox addon (now all uninstalled, and I've switched to Opera for the time being).
I don't know whether to change all my passwords or not. I don't often use by Verified by Visa, so I would expect other things to be 'hacked' before this (like my bank account?). I'm quite frankly scared. This shouldn't happen through Linux. I know Linux isn't 100% perfectly secure, but it should be pretty damn unlikely. Edit: and to clarify this, what I mean to say is that I know a website could be responsible (in which case I'm not worried about other passwords), but if it's something wider on my machine then it should be unlikely - if that makes sense.
I really don't know what to do.
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