Wisepay 'outage' is actually the school meal payments biz trying to stop an intruder from stealing customer card details

Wisepay 'outage' is actually the school meal payments biz trying to stop an intruder from stealing customer card details

UK cashless school payments firm Wisepay has pulled its website offline after spotting someone malicious trying to spoof its card payment page.


The Hampshire-based company, which bills itself as "allowing parents and guardians to make cashless payments to their [children's] school or college", said its website was "down for maintenance".


Reg reader Jon told us: "Their website has been down since Sunday, replaced with a 'down for maintenance' notice since Monday morning, meaning that pupil accounts cannot be topped up for lunches, or items that the school sells cannot be purchased."


Another reader added that parents were concerned about the downtime, saying it was a "bit worrying considering this is the way most parents pay for school meals/trips etc."



In reality the "outage" was a pre-emptive move to stop ..

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