AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42

Re:AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42 by TheDong on Friday June 12, 2026 @04:07AM (#48501262)

Spending limits don't particularly matter here.

AWS doesn't check if your credit card will be able to handle a $5k charge before letting you rack that up, and in fact AWS doesn't support setting any spending limit.

You just have to put in any valid credit card at all when you sign up, use AWS, and at the end of the month you'll have a bill. At no point does your credit card limit or a spending limit enter into things.

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Re:AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42 by michaelmrose on Friday June 12, 2026 @04:18AM (#48501347)

And again kids don't have credit cards

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Re:AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42 by yeputons on Friday June 12, 2026 @05:48AM (#48501963)

I got mine when I was 12, IIRC. Not a credit, of course, it was a debit card, but not all countries bother to differentiate between the two, it was just a “bank card”. And I believe it had a credit card BIN because all local banks did that to get more in processing fees.

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Re:AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42 by michaelmrose on Saturday June 13, 2026 @04:02AM (#48514687)

I do not specifically believe you can run up a $6000 bill on AWS with a kids card. It beggars belief as does the idea that this is a literal rather than mental child

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Re:AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42 by l23k4 on Friday June 12, 2026 @05:32AM (#48501870)

AWS accepts debit cards.

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