I’ve just had my PayPal account hacked
I had a phone call from PayPal, and of course I was suspicious about it as I know some will phone, but they did not ask me for any personal information (no asking me for my username/password etc) - in fact he told me about a couple of transactions that I knew about - I use PayPal to sell stuff from a web site, and they not only told me the amount for a sale from today, but also what it was for. Someone seems to have hit my account for $100.
Anyway, I was advised to run a scan of my computers, log in and reset passwords. They locked my account down and reversed the transaction. I get the feeling that it’s not an isolated incident - it’s a Thailand pre-paid phone card site judging by the information I have on my account. And, yes, a payment for $100 was out, and there is a reversal put in, so I have lost no money.
And, yes, I always type the PayPal address in manually, and I never click on PayPal links.
Anyway, new (hopefully stronger) password in now in place. Just feel a bit shook up by that. I’ve been using PayPal for years, and this is the first incident I have had. I’ll be keeping a steely eye on my PayPal account over the next few days. I can only assume that someone used brute force to break my password.
