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Google restores new prepaid cards in Wallet, issues fix preventing re-provisioning

After we learned that Google Wallet was cracked rather easily on rooted phones, and then shortly after on non-rooted devices, Google quickly addressed the problem by temporarily disabling provisioning of prepaid cards. The flaw would allow a user to access an existing pre-paid balance after loading up a new prepaid card on a device that did not belong to them. Today Google announced a fix was issued yesterday afternoon that “prevents an existing prepaid card from being re-provisioned to another user”:

 

While we’re not aware of any abuse of prepaid cards or the Wallet PIN resulting from these recent reports, we took this step as a precaution to ensure the security of our Wallet customers. If you are unable to access your previous prepaid card balance for any reason, please contact our toll-free support for assistance.

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Avatar for Jordan Kahn Jordan Kahn

Jordan writes about all things Apple as Senior Editor of 9to5Mac, & contributes to 9to5Google, 9to5Toys, & Electrek.co. He also co-authors 9to5Mac’s weekly Logic Pros series and makes music as one half of Toronto-based Makamachine.