Apple Pay malfunctioning in Hungary, users experiencing unexplained charges

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A serious Apple Pay malfunction appears to have arisen in Hungary. Multiple Apple Pay users in the country have reported unexplained charges in rapid succession.

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Users of Apple Pay in Hungary are currently experiencing unexplained charges



Users are reportedly seeing multiple transactions despite making no purchases, with one user experiencing 74 unexplained transactions one after another totaling well over $1,500 USD. These charges seem to be linked to previously canceled subscriptions, and some of them match the amounts of previous App Store purchases made by the user.

First reported by MacRumors, the problem appears to have impacted all major banks operating within Hungary. According to multiple different news sites from the country, banks are overwhelmed with requests from customers to resolve issues caused by the mysterious malfunction.

OTP Bank in Hungary said that "massive unjustified debits" were apparently made to multiple cards. Although the exact cause of this situation has yet to be determined, the problem appears to be on Apple's end.

A statement on the Raiffeisen Bank website claims that the bank is working with Apple to address this issue:

"We inform our customers that due to a technical problem with an external partner, the bank cards of some of our customers may have been incorrectly charged by the Apple App Store. Our colleagues have contacted Apple officials, and the problem is being resolved."

Customers are advised to watch for unexpected charges while the issue is resolved. Contact your bank if unauthorized charges appear.



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Comments

  • Reply 1 of 6
    blastdoorblastdoor Posts: 3,401member
    Apple Pay is incompatible with democratic back sliding and Putin collaborating.
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  • Reply 2 of 6
    coolfactorcoolfactor Posts: 2,286member
    That's the one downside of having great ideas in the online tech world. Once you build it, then you must keep it running.

    Glad to hear that this is isolated to one country. Shows that Apple has regional isolation. Could you imagine if this started happening worldwide?
    edited June 26 iOS_Guy80grandact73
  • Reply 3 of 6
    coolfactorcoolfactor Posts: 2,286member
    But what makes this an "Apple Pay" issue? Does AppleInsider know for a fact that Apple's Apple Pay feature/network is involved?

    App Store transactions aren't necessarily Apple Pay transactions. 
    iOS_Guy80appleinsideruser
  • Reply 4 of 6
    meterestnzmeterestnz Posts: 79member
    Sounds more likely that the Banks payment system has been hacked 
    iOS_Guy80danox
  • Reply 5 of 6
    danoxdanox Posts: 3,076member
    meterestnz said:
    Sounds more likely that the Banks payment system has been hacked 
    A Orbanian attack.....
  • Reply 6 of 6
    eriamjheriamjh Posts: 1,681member
    Based on discussions on other forums, this appears to me to be a hack of an older database of the billing system, not Apple Pay.    Apple Pay is simply how the money is being stolen. 

    This isn’t very different from your card number being stolen from a business after a transaction.  Years later.  

    Where the money is going is not known.  

    Change your card numbers annually.   How to do this with Apple Pay is a mystery.   
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