Mobile application-based error reporting

A method for error reporting, comprising:

• receiving a complaint initiation signal, comprising:
• a report that a card reader is compromised;
• an initiation date and time of the complaint initiation signal;
• a set of location data comprising geolocation data of a reporting party;
• identifying, using a geolocation application programming interface and the set of location data, a street address closest to the geolocation data;
• determining that the street address is associated with an entity;
• calculating a confidence interval for whether the entity is a type of entity that uses a card reader, wherein the confidence interval indicates a likelihood of the entity being the type of entity that uses a card reader;
• determining that the confidence interval exceeds a threshold;
• determining an identifier of the entity;
• in response to determining that the confidence interval exceeds the threshold, publishing, to a data feed accessible to a plurality of entities, an alert comprising:
• an indication that the card reader may be compromised;
• the initiation date and time of the complaint initiation signal;
• the street address that is associated with the entity;
• and
• the identifier of the entity.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that when executed by a hardware processor causes the hardware processor to:

• receive a complaint initiation signal, comprising:
• a report that a card reader compromised;
• an initiation date and time of the complaint initiation signal;
• a set of location data comprising geolocation data of a reporting party;
• identify a street address closest to the geolocation data using the geolocation application programming interface and the set of location data;
• determine that the street address is associated with an entity;
• calculate a confidence interval for whether the entity is a type of entity that uses a card reader, wherein the confidence interval indicates a likelihood of the entity being the type of entity that uses a card reader;
• determine that the confidence interval exceeds a threshold;
• determine an identifier of the entity;
• in response to determining that the confidence interval exceeds the threshold, publish, to a data feed accessible to a plurality of entities, an alert comprising:
• an indication that the card reader may be compromised;
• the initiation date and time of the complaint initiation signal;
• the street address that is associated with the entity;
• and
• the identifier of the entity.