Several reports are coming in from users in Europe—especially in Hungary—who are receiving up to 74 charges to their card directly from Apple in a matter of minutes, draining up to 1,500 euros from some people's accounts. Those in Cupertino and the banking authorities are already investigating it, but it is almost certainly an error, and obviously, all the money will have to be returned.
Apple Pay It is one of the most useful tools on the iPhone. It allows you to carry all your cards on your phone, so you don't have to remember your wallet or carry it with you if you don't have room for it. It's quite simple to use and rarely causes any problems.
Losses of up to 1,500 euros
You take the iPhone, unlock it, and pay. That's how easy it is to use Apple Pay. Setting it up isn't much of a mystery either. Simply take a photo of the card, confirm with the bank that you authorize add it to your iPhone —usually with a code sent to you by SMS— and you're ready to start making payments. Since it authenticates you with Touch ID, Face ID or the phone's unlock code, there's no need to type in the PIN on the card reader. It's an easier, faster, and simpler method than using a conventional card, but it can sometimes create some inconvenience.
This is the case of what is happening right now in Europe, although especially in Hungary, where due to a computer failure, some users are seeing many charges on Apple Pay by those in Cupertino without their authorization, or without even knowing what they are. This is what Raiffeisen, a cooperative of Swiss banks, announced on its website:
“We inform our customers that, due to a technical issue with an external partner, some of our customers' bank cards may have been charged incorrectly by the Sto App.Apple. Our partners have contacted Apple officials. We are resolving the issue.”
There are currently hundreds of claims for charges of up to 1,500 eurosalthough it seems that the situation is already under control, since many banks have temporarily blocked their clients' cards when they started receiving all these irregular charges.
Now, the only thing left to do is to make sure that these attempts to charge customers' bank cards do not continue, to analyze what happened – which we believe and hope is an error and not a fraud. cyber attack— so that it doesn't happen again and, of course, return all the money to the users. It is not common for something like this to happen, so we are sure that both Apple and the banks and local and European authorities will investigate thoroughly to know with complete certainty what has happened. At the moment, the situation is under control, but they still have to return the money to those affected, although it shouldn't take long.
