Re: Paypal has been hacked

[mleuck <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mar 11, 7:32=A0am, tourman <robercampb...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Looks like ebay / Paypal has some problems. I had my Paypal account
> hacked yesterday when someone hacked into Paypal somehow and bought a
> $700 laptop on my credit card. When I lodged an objection, they
> returned the money IMMEDIATELY. So it seems they knew about what
> happened to me and almost automatically negated the purchase with no
> investigation involved.
>
> The shipping address for the purchase clearly showed a party in
> Decatur, Georgia. You have to wonder why someone would do this and
> them give themselves away as a thief. I also wonder if these crimes
> are actually prosecuted properly; otherwise there is nothing to
> discourage this kind of crime.
>
> If you have a Paypal account, I strongly suggest you change your
> password immediately. Clearly they are not going to announce this
> hacking has happening, since they advertise themselves as the most
> secure site around for on line transactions.
>
> RHC

Paypal is a common target for things like that, I had the same thing
happen a couple of years ago