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PayPal discloses data breach that exposed user info for 6 months

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Re: PayPal discloses data breach that exposed user info for 6 months

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Post by SilverElfin »

cmehdy wrote: post #5

> The company now offers affected users two years of free three-bureau credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Equifax, which require enrollment by June 30, 2026. How tasteful.

I think all companies just believe security doesn’t matter because the worst thing that can happen is they offer to pay for a credit monitoring. And the victims are powerless to pursue a meaningful lawsuit against them. Even when that happens, it results in a class action settlement where lawyers get a bunch of money and victims get very little.

Re: PayPal discloses data breach that exposed user info for 6 months

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Post by elphinstone »

I recently tried to sign up for paypal, "tried" being the operative word since their garbage, broken processes couldn't verify me despite bank info, etc.

After seeing their profound incompetence at customer acquisition, ineptitude on the security front is no surprise.

Re: PayPal discloses data breach that exposed user info for 6 months

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Post by bloomingeek »

jimnotgym wrote: post #14

Great, who from PayPal is going to jail over this?

I've been thinking this way for several years now, what a fool I was! Corporations are the elite of society now. They can't fail, they pay off everyone of any importance, i.e., not you or I. The dog and pony show in congress involving FB is further proof they can do no wrong as long as they explain the law to the dolts in congress. (While being watched by SCOTUS, who are laughing their asses off.)

The rule of the corporate thumbs for several decades now is: it's more profitable to pay a fine then follow the law. (And if congress isn't keeping up with current tech which needs new laws to protect consumers, who cares?)

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Post by chrneu »

bloomingeek wrote: post #16
jimnotgym wrote: post #14

Great, who from PayPal is going to jail over this?

I've been thinking this way for several years now, what a fool I was! Corporations are the elite of society now. They can't fail, they pay off everyone of any importance, i.e., not you or I. The dog and pony show in congress involving FB is further proof they can do no wrong as long as they explain the law to the dolts in congress. (While being watched by SCOTUS, who are laughing their asses off.) The rule of the cor…

They're people but also not people!

Lol what an amazing con the oligarchs managed to pull. They get to reap all the rewards of their parasitic selfish behavior with basically none of the risk. Just make a corp.

Re: PayPal discloses data breach that exposed user info for 6 months

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Post by chrneu »

anonymous908213 wrote: post #8

Irrelevant to the current breach, but at the end of the article... > In January 2023, PayPal notified customers of another data breach after a large-scale credential stuffing attack compromised 35,000 accounts between December 6 and December 8, 2022. > Two years later, in January 2025, New York State announced a $2,000,000 settlement with PayPal over charges that it failed to comply with the state's cybersecurity reg…

I got like $230 from that paypal breach. Pretty rad.
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