Fraudsters found a hole in my system and exploited it. It’s being fixed but Stripe payments may not work until I can get ahold of Stripe and get my account unblocked. Right now I’m glad it’s blocked. They had racked up over $400 in charges overnight. I saw an email from Stripe and found more issues than Stripe reported. I don’t think anyone on the site is collecting Tips so that would be the only impact beyond payments for Plus/Ink Donor (i think). If anyone notices any issues, please let me know.
Also, if you have paid for Plus, your information is not at risk. The users created an account and used fraudulent cards. I’m guessing someone with stolen credit cards was trying to find a system they could exploit. Well, at least I can work to fix it now.
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Marginalia2
Sounds great; I saw an email this morning and wondered what I had done wrong as I misread the message and thought I was blocked from paying monthly.
Good to know they messaged you! They said they would refund all my charges (which were legit until yesterday). This is a fun obstacle! haha