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Paypal hacked. #423584 10/10/09 07:03 PM
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 835 Likes: 5 Mount Vernon. Ohio Woofurious OP All Pro
OP Woofurious All Pro Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 835 Likes: 5 Mount Vernon. Ohio	I won't be the first or last to say, "I do not think it will happen to me." But low and behold... it did. My paypal account was hacked into Thurday evening at 8:39 PM. Someone managed to get into my paypal account and tried to transfer $100.00 dollars from my bank account to my paypal account. I called paypal and they had me change my password and security questions. They also told me that the transfer cannot be canceled??? But that my money will be safe now. then I can put it back later. I called my bank as well to see if they would cancel the transfer. No go there either. I would not have noticed this at all until after the money was gone. But I just happended to be shopping E-bay for a new camcorder and wanted to see if I had anything left in my paypal account. I usually keep it empty and only have funds available for exact purchase amounts. Just a word of warning out there. Do not use your main bank account for your verified paypal account backup. Open a dummy bank account and put any paypal funds in that account to use when you make a purchase. Also change passwords frequently. I had the same password for over 3 years. Still would like to know how someone guessed my password or if Paypal in general was hacked. Scary stuff. I feel violated.... Einstein could not even fathom the mathematical improbabilities of the Browns woes.

Re: Paypal hacked. Woofurious #423585 10/10/09 07:45 PM
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 30,822 Likes: 515 A archbolddawg Legend
archbolddawg Legend A Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 30,822 Likes: 515	I don't even bank on line. Purp can verify that - I asked for a mailing address to send him a check in the past. Call me old school, call me stupid, whatever. Call me paranoid - that fits. Sorry for you. At least it was only $100.........

Re: Paypal hacked. archbolddawg #423586 10/10/09 08:08 PM
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 9,349 Barbertucky kingodawg Hall of Famer
kingodawg Hall of Famer Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 9,349 Barbertucky	Quote: At least it was only $100......... He disnt lose the $100 I dont think. It is just now in his Pay Pal account. He can transfer it back when he wants. KING You may be in the drivers seat but God is holding the map. #GMSTRONG

Re: Paypal hacked. kingodawg #423587 10/10/09 08:30 PM
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 30,822 Likes: 515 A archbolddawg Legend
archbolddawg Legend A Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 30,822 Likes: 515	Ah......see what I know about these things?

Re: Paypal hacked. Woofurious #423588 10/11/09 10:30 AM
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RememberMuni Hall of Famer R Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,649 Likes: 95	This is good enough for me. My wife is cancelling her Paypal account when she gets home. I don't trust any of this stuff. - From now on, if I win something on ebay, it's getting paid by money order.

Re: Paypal hacked. Woofurious #423589 10/11/09 10:33 AM
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,149 OoooRahJoice Legend
OoooRahJoice Legend Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,149	I got a warning from these people last month that someone TRIED to hack in. We closed down the eBay PayPal option. I never used it anyway, and when I do win, I always send a money order,...

Re: Paypal hacked. Woofurious #423590 10/11/09 10:35 AM
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 13,205 Likes: 234 Cleveland D Dave Legend
Dave Legend D Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 13,205 Likes: 234 Cleveland	Was it Paypal that was hacked, or was it you that was hacked? If someone had access to your bank account by knowing your Paypal password it seems like it might be you that has a security issue. You might want to check your credit card balances, while you're at it.

Re: Paypal hacked. Dave #423591 10/11/09 06:27 PM
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 3,405 NE, OH-IO I I_Rogue Hall of Famer
I_Rogue Hall of Famer I Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 3,405 NE, OH-IO	Just a word of advice from an IT guy... I/m not saying you do this, but I run across many who do... Don't use the same user name / password for different online accounts. Banking sites and the like should be masking, encrypting and doing things to make passwords hidden to those people on the inside. There are laws requiring protection. The one thing there isn't laws for is protections for many sites such as a message board. If you use the same password for these sites, you might just be giving your passwords to folks for your financial sites. "My signature line goes here."

Re: Paypal hacked. I_Rogue #423592 10/12/09 09:23 AM
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 15,015 Likes: 147 F FloridaFan Legend
FloridaFan Legend F Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 15,015 Likes: 147	And be sure to use secure logins and password for financial sites. Don't use Login: Tom, Password: Spot Add numbers, or even use some capital letters in your passwords. Use Tom and Spot for your message board logins or something. We don't have to agree with each other, to respect each others opinion.

Re: Paypal hacked. FloridaFan #423593 10/12/09 11:06 AM
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 3,405 NE, OH-IO I I_Rogue Hall of Famer
I_Rogue Hall of Famer I Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 3,405 NE, OH-IO	Quote: And be sure to use secure logins and password for financial sites. Don't use Login: Tom, Password: Spot Add numbers, or even use some capital letters in your passwords. Use Tom and Spot for your message board logins or something. "My signature line goes here."

Re: Paypal hacked. I_Rogue #423594 10/12/09 12:33 PM
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 15,015 Likes: 147 F FloridaFan Legend
FloridaFan Legend F Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 15,015 Likes: 147	I actually have a couple users that have come and asked me if I can retrieve their password from the browser for their online banking account. I'll be like "no, and how could you forget that password?" They answer like "Well I use the same one I use here at work, so you should be able to look it up." My reply is usually "Where do you bank again?" We don't have to agree with each other, to respect each others opinion.

Re: Paypal hacked. I_Rogue #423595 10/12/09 12:47 PM
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 478 Iowa City, Iowa H hungryhound 1st String
hungryhound 1st String H Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 478 Iowa City, Iowa	Quote: Just a word of advice from an IT guy... I/m not saying you do this, but I run across many who do... Don't use the same user name / password for different online accounts. Banking sites and the like should be masking, encrypting and doing things to make passwords hidden to those people on the inside. There are laws requiring protection. The one thing there isn't laws for is protections for many sites such as a message board. If you use the same password for these sites, you might just be giving your passwords to folks for your financial sites. If you want a really secure password. Be like the Federal Government. 14 Characters Atleast 2 upper case 2 lower case 2 numbers 2 Symbols No more than 3 letters in a row. Cannot spell a word, And you change it every 60 days. The only problem is that it is so complicated, that no one can remember their password.

Re: Paypal hacked. FloridaFan #423596 10/12/09 12:51 PM
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I_Rogue Hall of Famer I Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 3,405 NE, OH-IO	Same here. I did as an exercise to demonstrate this to our users. I said I could probably "crack" the online email account of 1 out of the first 4 people I chose. I did it on the second person. Same way as you mention. They got the message. "My signature line goes here."

Re: Paypal hacked. Woofurious #423597 10/12/09 11:58 PM
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 4,753 Likes: 11 PDX C clwb419 Hall of Famer
clwb419 Hall of Famer C Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 4,753 Likes: 11 PDX	I had been using PayPal for years until this spring. I had a credit card attached the the account that was not used for anything else and has long been shredded. Paid a friend for a NCAA pool and had 10 transactions the next morning. Immediately called PayPal and canceled the account, and called and canceled the credit card. I've been hearing a lot of these stories in the last year. Never again will I use PayPal.

Re: Paypal hacked. hungryhound #423598 10/13/09 02:32 AM
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,758 CA ~TuX~ Dawg Talker
~TuX~ Dawg Talker Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,758 CA	Quote: Quote: Just a word of advice from an IT guy... I/m not saying you do this, but I run across many who do... Don't use the same user name / password for different online accounts. Banking sites and the like should be masking, encrypting and doing things to make passwords hidden to those people on the inside. There are laws requiring protection. The one thing there isn't laws for is protections for many sites such as a message board. If you use the same password for these sites, you might just be giving your passwords to folks for your financial sites. If you want a really secure password. Be like the Federal Government. 14 Characters Atleast 2 upper case 2 lower case 2 numbers 2 Symbols No more than 3 letters in a row. Cannot spell a word, And you change it every 60 days. The only problem is that it is so complicated, that no one can remember their password. and then they write it on a piece of paper that they stick under their desk or worse on their monitor. "Don't be burdened by regrets or make your failures an obsession or become embittered or possessed by ruined hopes"

Re: Paypal hacked. ~TuX~ #423599 10/13/09 07:55 AM
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 15,015 Likes: 147 F FloridaFan Legend
FloridaFan Legend F Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 15,015 Likes: 147	Quote: and then they write it on a piece of paper that they stick under their desk or worse on their monitor. I have a few users that have post-is on their office walls with all their logins. We don't have to agree with each other, to respect each others opinion.

Re: Paypal hacked. FloridaFan #423600 10/13/09 09:13 AM
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 15,015 Likes: 147 F FloridaFan Legend
FloridaFan Legend F Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 15,015 Likes: 147	Another thing to mention is that many credit card companies, now offer "Shop Safe" temporary CC numbers on their websites. You login, request a Shop Safe number, assign a $ amount and a time limit. Then it gives you a number to use for an online transaction. It is only good up to the amount specified, and for the time listed, like a time limit gift card. So if the site or someone gets a hold of the number, it won't do them much good. We don't have to agree with each other, to respect each others opinion.

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