Walmart Site Has Been Hacked?
Update as of 8:30 pm EST 11/6/13: Here is the latest and probably final update on the Walmart.com pricing glitch from this morning. According to Walmart, all pricing on the site is now up-to-date. Customers are now being notified that their orders are being cancelled. But, all is not lost, they will be sending these customers a $10 Walmart e-gift card.
Here is the official statement from Walmart:
The technical error that caused some items to show incorrect pricing on our site earlier today has been resolved and Walmart.com is open for all. Given the wide discrepancy in pricing, we are notifying customers who ordered these items that their orders have been canceled and that they’ll be refunded in full. In addition, we will send these customers a $10 e-gift card that can be used towards future purchases at Walmart stores and Walmart.com. We apologize again for any inconvenience this may have caused our customers.
Update as of 4pm EST 11/6/13: The official word from Walmart is that the Walmart.com site was not hacked. Early this morning they experienced an “internal technical error” and they are working on correcting it. Walmart spokesman Bao Nguyen states, “We will be handling each order on an individual basis and will be contacting each customer regarding the status of their order”.
Here is the official statement from Walmart:
“We experienced a technical error that caused some items to show incorrect pricing. We are working quickly to correct the error and during this time, there may be intermittent site availability. We apologize for any inconvenience to our customers.”
Update as of 2pm EST 11/6/13: We are getting more and more reports that this was, in fact, just a glitch in their pricing this morning. From what we can see so far, some people (including some of us here at LRWC) are getting confirmations of orders being shipped or ready to be picked up. Still no word from Walmart reps on what the situation was and how they will be handling it.
As most of you know, there have been some huge pricing fluctuations on Walmart.com this morning. We posted some of them and then put on the brakes amongst the many rumors flying around social media that the Walmart site has been hacked. As of right now, these are just rumors. However, with that said, Walmart.com is aware of the pricing errors and has stated that “The Walmart.com team is aware of the (pricing) issue and is working to resolve the situation”.
Living Rich With Coupons has reached out to a Walmart.com spokesperson regarding the rumors of the Walmart Site being hacked but has not had a response back at the time of this posting. We will update as soon as we know more.