Hackers claim leak of about 16 million PayPal login credentials
Hackers claimed that about 16 million login credentials had been exposed in a PayPal breach. Whether a leak actually occurred, verification of its scale and PayPal's response have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- PayPal
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Claimed exposure of about 16 million login credentials
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- It emerged that hackers had claimed about 16 million PayPal login credentials were exposed.
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