PayPal's 2022 data breach exposed 35,000 Social Security numbers
A 2022 data breach at PayPal affected about 35,000 Social Security numbers. The New York State Department of Financial Services imposed a $2 million penalty on PayPal in connection with the incident.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- PayPal
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- About 35,000 Social Security numbers
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- It emerged that the New York State Department of Financial Services had imposed a $2 million penalty on PayPal over the 2022 data breach.
- The data breach was reported to involve about 35,000 Social Security numbers.
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