Google Wallet’s no-hacking-required hack from last week has reportedly been resolved. Now the only person you can blame for being broke is yourself.
https://gizmodo.com/google-wallet-hacked-again-5883913
According to Google, the company has closed the security hole that could have potentially allowed thieves to access the balance on your existing prepaid Wallet card by resetting the app and generating a new PIN. Per the official Wallet blog,
Yesterday afternoon, we restored the ability to issue new prepaid cards to the Wallet. In addition, we issued a fix that prevents an existing prepaid card from being re-provisioned to another user. While we’re not aware of any abuse of prepaid cards or the Wallet PIN resulting from these recent reports, we took this step as a precaution to ensure the security of our Wallet customers. If you are unable to access your previous prepaid card balance for any reason, please contact our toll-free support for assistance.
There’s still no word on a fix for the other recently-discovered exploit, though that one seems a slightly less imminent threat given that it requires physical possession of your phone, a fair amount of hacking knowledge, and a few days of free time. [Google Commerce]
https://gizmodo.com/google-wallets-pin-system-has-been-cracked-but-dont-pan-5883585
