Not exactly burglary
I despair for the world, when a case of fraud involves a “Hamburglar”. One of those chain restaurants that has grown too big to fail, has an app. You can order your meal, and put it on credit, and then stop by and collect the bag of “so bad for your health, it’s good”. Business. However, in one man’s case, someone acquired his user name and password, and then used the app to feed the hungry. A miracle, by any other name.
The app also sent email receipts, but our victim (yes, he is a victim) had autofiled such things, so it was only when he found himself responsible for over $2K in new debt, not to mention the nutritional effects, that he complained. Of course, any restaurant chain that has world class aspirations doesn’t just forgive such debt. They told him to take a walk… and to call his credit card company for any other recourse. Meaning his bank, because that’s how it works.
The bank agreed that in the case of obvious fraud, he wasn’t responsible. After all, how could any one person eat that many burgers? He still feels that he was wronged, and the newspapers like their headline too much to retract the tale. And so here we are.
If you insist on paying for things in a way that is so open to fraud, how about a) watching your receipts and b) using some security. Too many figure that “User” and “Pa55w0rd” are enough to lock things down. I guess even the lowly burger is now worth the attention of cyberbandits. And don’t get lazy about secrecy; not when there many clever, hungry “hamburglars” out there!
