My Paypal Acct. Hacked! Some 28,000 Paypal Passwords on loose. Beware Folks.
I just learned my Paypal account had been hacked...but worse, it seems the whole Paypal website had been hacked.
Just few hours back I bought something from eBay and went on through the usual process to pay thru Paypal. But when I logged on to my account, they informed me that my account have been 'restricted' due to suspicious sign-in last Dec. 17th, and they were right 'cause I didn't log-in that time. So I wasn't able to pay immediately and had to go through some simple verification process they prescribed which went like this:
1. Change of password with min. 8 characters which must have uppercase letter and some symbols like *$% etc.;
2. They asked for the full number of my credit card; and
3. They asked me to choose and answer 2 security questions.
But the problem was after finishing them successfully, my account wasn't restored immediately as I had hoped for as they had to be 'evaluated' and so I wasn't able to pay immediately. But good for me after about 5 hours, it was restored (they notified me thru email) and I was able to pay for the eBay item.
I checked around the net and found out that some buttholes have stolen around 28,000 Paypal passwords just last November and apparently they leaked them and obviously mine was one of them. They should be caught and given a good spanking; I think they're just some grown-up brats.
So my advice is before you purchase anything using Paypal, to avoid any trouble, check beforehand your Paypal acct. or look for any official Paypal emails, usually not the one with the address 'Paypal' which I think is fake, but the one with 'service@paypal.com; they will notify you if your account has been compromised and your account restricted.
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