Last edit by: WineCountryUA
This thread to follow reports of MP accounts that actually have been hacked / improperly accessed. If you have missing miles and beleive you have been hacked, contact [email protected]
In Suspended MP Accounts / Third Party Vendor "Security Breach?" - Dec 2014 there is discussion of a security breach of a 3rd party that UA seems to believe may lead to inappropriate access to UA accounts via the username method of logging into united.com. Let's follow the breach and log-in changes in the above thread.
A separate(?) "access denied" issue is covered in Consolidated " Is united.com or parts of it Down?" thread
In Suspended MP Accounts / Third Party Vendor "Security Breach?" - Dec 2014 there is discussion of a security breach of a 3rd party that UA seems to believe may lead to inappropriate access to UA accounts via the username method of logging into united.com. Let's follow the breach and log-in changes in the above thread.
A separate(?) "access denied" issue is covered in Consolidated " Is united.com or parts of it Down?" thread
UA Account Hacked / Reports of Fraudulent Award Travel Redemption
#47
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: NYC
Posts: 302
Navigate to Manage Profile (http://www.united.com/web/en-US/apps...t/profile.aspx). At the bottom of the first gray section should be a Saved Form of Payment area. Click "View All Saved Forms of Payment" and delete from there.
#48
Moderator: United Airlines
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SFO
Programs: UA Plat 1.99MM, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott Plat/LT Gold, Hilton Silver, IHG Plat
Posts: 66,577
#49
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: San Francisco, CA
Programs: UA Gold 1MM, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 548
Navigate to Manage Profile (http://www.united.com/web/en-US/apps...t/profile.aspx). At the bottom of the first gray section should be a Saved Form of Payment area. Click "View All Saved Forms of Payment" and delete from there.
#50
Join Date: Sep 2009
Programs: UA GS>1K>Nothing; DL PM 2MM; AS 75K>Nothing>MVP
Posts: 9,337
From my own experience, the police don't care - they have better things to do. My garbage collector stole my identity via discarded mail. Over two year, he bought two cars, numerous credit cards, rented a house - he even got $20K of dental work under my name! He made the payments and then defaulted on everything, which I then found out. I filed a report in Chicago and I took everything to the Lansing Police Department where the guy lived. I had his real name, address and a thick file of everything and they didn't or couldn't do anything! The only thing one can do is be on top of everything and shred all documents. At least OP had no damage done to his credit.
#51
Moderator: Mileage Run, United Airlines; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: The City/Honolulu
Programs: UA 3MM; Hyatt Glob*****; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 14,472
#53
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 923
Navigate to Manage Profile (http://www.united.com/web/en-US/apps...t/profile.aspx). At the bottom of the first gray section should be a Saved Form of Payment area. Click "View All Saved Forms of Payment" and delete from there.
#54
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: LIS/ATL/other
Programs: UA 1K, Avis PC, Hertz PC, Sixt Plat, Marriott Gold, HH Silver
Posts: 1,983
#55
Join Date: Aug 2011
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 8,634
It all depends on your level of paranoia.
#56
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA Gold, UA Nobody, Hilton Gold
Posts: 2,372
I now use the app almost exclusively which removes this issue, but as I said above this is almost certainly not someone picking up discarded boarding passes and brute forcing the PIN.
#57
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: DEN
Programs: UA MM Plat; AA MM Gold; HHonors Diamond
Posts: 15,866
I think that your account gets locked after three or four incorrect login attempts, so "brute forcing" (if by that you mean trying different PINs) wouldn't work very often.
#58
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 855
Regarding the FF info on BPs:
1. Full FF number printed on my 1/6 BPs
2. As others have pointed out, the barcode contains the full FF number
3. Even if the BP didn't contain any FF number info, someone finding your BP can use the PNR and last name to retrieve the trip info, including the traveler details.
Not printing the full FF number on the BP won't make anything safer.
No, they clearly didn't.
FF numbers were still printed in clear text on BPs as recently as two days ago.
You claim the change was made "a couple of weeks" ago. It clearly wasn't.
People "aggressively disagree" with you because you are wrong. @:-)
1. Full FF number printed on my 1/6 BPs
2. As others have pointed out, the barcode contains the full FF number
3. Even if the BP didn't contain any FF number info, someone finding your BP can use the PNR and last name to retrieve the trip info, including the traveler details.
Not printing the full FF number on the BP won't make anything safer.
FF numbers were still printed in clear text on BPs as recently as two days ago.
You claim the change was made "a couple of weeks" ago. It clearly wasn't.
People "aggressively disagree" with you because you are wrong. @:-)
Last edited by Ocn Vw 1K; Jan 7, 2014 at 10:09 am Reason: Combine consecutive posts of same member.
#59
Join Date: Aug 2011
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 8,634
Regarding the FF info on BPs:
1. Full FF number printed on my 1/6 BPs
2. As others have pointed out, the barcode contains the full FF number
3. Even if the BP didn't contain any FF number info, someone finding your BP can use the PNR and last name to retrieve the trip info, including the traveler details.
Not printing the full FF number on the BP won't make anything safer.
1. Full FF number printed on my 1/6 BPs
2. As others have pointed out, the barcode contains the full FF number
3. Even if the BP didn't contain any FF number info, someone finding your BP can use the PNR and last name to retrieve the trip info, including the traveler details.
Not printing the full FF number on the BP won't make anything safer.
If you want to put money on it, I'll post a pic to prove you wrong.