Anthropic top-up decimal bug causes 100x charge
What happened
A Hacker News front-page report on October 17 said a Costa Rican developer topped up an Anthropic API account with $5.04, but the Anthropic Console, due to an internationalization input issue, skipped input validation and silently dropped the decimal point, charging $504.00 with no confirmation window. The user says a bank chargeback was filed, but the local process can take up to 120 days, and an appeal to Anthropic was rejected by an automated support bot citing generic policy. The report gives no follow-up on a refund or a fix.
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- Hacker News front pageAnthropic Console overcharged my card 100x due to internationalization input bug
一位哥斯达黎加开发者向 Anthropic API 账户充值输入 5.04 时，Anthropic Console 未做输入校验，静默去掉小数点并按 504.00 美元扣款，且无确认弹窗。该用户称已向银行发起拒付，但当地流程最长需 120 天，同时其申诉被自动支持 BOT 以通用政策驳回。
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