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Originally Posted by Indydealmaker
How did your Paypal account get hacked? I know that back in 2012 there was an unsubstantiated claim by "Anonymous" that they had stolen 28,000 passwords, etc., but Paypal said at the time that they had been unable to verify any thefts. I have had both debit and credit cards cloned a half a dozen times, but the Paypal account is my lone surviving refuge.
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I hadn't used my Paypal for a couple of years. I wanted to update old credit card information as I was going to make a purchase. So I went on Paypal and looked at my profile. Under "authorized users" was a name and address of someone on the other side of the world, Indonesia or somewhere like that. I was horrified and deleted it immediately.
I called Paypal security and he said "oh yes, it happens". Luckily my credit card had changed, so they didn't have access to current information. The PP security guy said that hackers have sophisticated computers dedicated to searching zillions of user names and passwords so they occasionally get lucky. He said the most important thing is to have different passwords for every single account and change them monthly. So that if they are successful in obtaining one password, they don't have access to everything.
I cancelled my Paypal account.
And now I've uninstalled Dashlane.
I guess I'll just keep my security passwords under my mattress.