Cybersecurity expert Jim Stickley has found a flaw in the Nordstrom gift cards that allows hackers to drain money from the card by pulling the pins from the website.

He demonstrated the same in an interview with TODAY by hacking a $50 gift card from Nordstrom.

According to Stickley, the Nordstrom cards have shorter PINs and had no protection from bots, which has made this method of hacking possible. He added that this was the reason why Nordstrom cards are especially susceptible to hacking.

The flaw has since been fixed after NBC News brought it to the retailer’s attention.

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