Ok, your card is compromised. It's been cancelled.

One, how much money is in your pocket so you can eat?

ok, you'll use your second ca.... oh, it has to be cancelled now too.

Ok, lets wait a few days for another card, and lets go use it the first time, what hacked already, I guess I need to wait a few more days.

>As long as you're not using a debit card, this is not a big deal.

So screw 60% of all transactions done on a card? This doesn't seem workable.

Why do you have to cancel your second card?

The chance is incredibly small that your second card just happens to get hacked at the same time as your first card.

I have 6 (I think) credit cards, and mainly use 3 of them.

Your physical wallet might also get stolen, and you can be left without cash money.

It's a good practice to keep an emergency debit card at home. And/or a gift card with a couple hundred bucks on it. That's for digital expenses.

And you should also have a bit of emergency cash.

Meh, I’ve been giving out my credit card number willy nilly to merchants for 20+ years, and it hasn’t been used without my authorization over the course of what must be tens of thousands of transactions.

I have a text alert setup for transactions, so I presume I’d be able to successfully challenge any fraudulent ones pretty quickly.