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A recent data theft at PayPal caused a huge stir when a hacker was found wanting to sell access data to around 15.8 million accounts online—including user passwords in plain text. This type of data ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. The dataset being sold is not as large or as new as advertised — ...

Update, Mar. 1, 2025: This story, originally published Feb. 28, now includes details of a new PayPal “no code checkout” scam. Hot on the heels of Google confirming that it is replacing the use of SMS ...