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Pet fish commits credit card fraud on owner using a Nintendo Switch (techspot.com)
44 points by Buildstarted on Jan 22, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 6 comments


I used to have a recurring issue where my PlayStation 4 controller, while I had it attached to a PC via USB, would, for some strange region, connect to the PS4 over Bluetooth and start sending button inputs to both the PC and the PS4 simultaneously. Usually this happened while I had the monitor set to the PC (because I was gaming on it), so I wouldn't know I was effectively sending random inputs to the PS4. Sometimes I'd find out when the controller started producing a PS4 game's rumble or controller-speaker audio.

In this way, I once spent over $200 on Call of Duty in-game currency. At least, the currency appeared in my account one day, and I'm pretty sure that's how it got there.


In questioning by police the goldfish responded, “I don’t recall.”


The fish had been plotting this all along, from their secret hideout at Mount Wannahockaloogie.


I half expected this to be an AI generated title.

500 yen is a small price to pay for being able to tell this story.


500 yen == $3.87 USD in 2023.


A phishing attack?




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