June 25, 201511 yr So Julie was trying to purchase a book for one of the girls earlier today. She went to Amazon.com and was greeted with the login screen, not the usual amazon home page. She logged in and then the screen prompted her for her billing address to be updated. She entered that as well and then stopped at the following screen when the website asked for her credit card number and ssn. I came over and tried the same on my phone and macbook air. Same thing. I tried connecting to another wifi network and regular amazon website access. Same with the phone on LTE. Would reseting the wireless router kick out whoever might be causing this nonsense or should I just be changing the wireless router entirely. It is quite a few years old. If the router does need to be changed, is there anything in the range of a refurbished Airport Express that would suit their regular internet browsing habits. Nothing beyond Netflix, school stuff and email. No home networking etc. I looked and the airport express was released a few years ago as well. Is it still a viable option? PS. I changed both the wifi and the router password and still am getting the same issue. Edited June 25, 201511 yr by crappyjones123
June 25, 201511 yr Yeah, sounds like you're being transferred to a rogue site to capture your/her cc info. Hope you didn't enter that! What Jacob said. Also would look into how to update its firmware.
June 25, 201511 yr Author Fucking fuck. I unplugged the router a while ago but had a feeling that a hacked router would be the only thing that explains the behavior. And yes, I forgot the 'had' in there. Ordering a refurbished Airport Express right now. Wish they had them at the store...The wiping of the laptops is not terribly bad as they are both on the chopping block anyways but its going to be far more annoying to change all our passwords.
June 25, 201511 yr Author Just read the article. That's the exact behavior. She entered her billing address but nothing else luckily. The router was begging to be replaced as it is. So just going to play it safe and replace it.
June 25, 201511 yr Good luck CJ & Julie, glad it was caught now.....as others said/implied, better than later!
June 25, 201511 yr Author Thank you . Should I be worried about the cable modem as well or is there nothing in there that could be compromised security wise?
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