ICICI Bank iMobile glitch: Online portal raises alert, netizen says sensitive card information visible
ICICI Bank mobile banking application called Mobile Pay, claiming that they can view sensitive details of other people's credit cards on the platform. Sumanta Mandal, founder of TechnoFino, in a post on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), tagged the bank and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to urgently address the issue. "Several users have reported being able to view other customers' ICICI Bank credit cards on their iMobile Pay app.
Since the full card number, expiry date, and CVV are visible on iMobile, and one can manage international transaction settings, it's easy for someone to misuse another person's credit card for international transactions," Mandal wrote. After multiple users raised alarm, Madal later posted that the bank seemed to have restricted access to credit card information to rectify the issue. Mint has reached out to ICICI Bank for comment and this story will be updated once they respond.
TechnoFino is an online platform for credit cards and banking products in India, as per its official X account. In an online post on the platform, Mandal also wrote that the "best option" to protect yourself at present, is to block and replace your card. "If you can't do anything, and someone has access to your card, they can change settings on iMobile without OTP or even MPIN.
The best option is to block the card and replace it; this will provide some temporary relief," he said. Besides Mandal, site user @googley also posted a screenshot of what they claimed were access to "someone else's Amazon Pay" credit card details. "I have access to someone else’s Amazon Pay CC due to a security glitch on the iMobile app," the user wrote, adding: "Although OTP restricts domestic transactions but I can do
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