PAYPAL CEO - got his credit card hacked

[R_Bert]

In the end, we are defenseless.  It is only statistics and probabilities that protect us.

 

 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/02/10/paypal-ceo-credit-card-hacked/5367979/

[Sidewinder]

I quit doing business through Pay Pal years ago, when someone stole my credit card info and was buying stuff. Credit card company called me and asked if I had made certain purchases. When I told them that I hadn't, they said we're cancelling your card immediately, and sending you a new one with a different number. They said they immediately noticed when my shopping habits seemed to change. This was years ago...don't know if they still have time to keep track of customer's spending habits...probably not.

 

Anyway, I use only US Postal Money Orders these days. If someone on eBay won't go that route with me...I don't need their product that bad. It costs me a little more, and I have to wait longer for the item, but feel better about it. May not work for everybody, but for now, it works for me.

[Oh Shoot]

Anyway, I use only US Postal Money Orders these days. If someone on eBay won't go that route with me...

 

Must've been long time since you've been eBaying. Sellers can't offer cash, checks, or money orders as payment types for shipped items since late 2008.

 

And btw, almost certainly your cc info didn't get stolen through PayPal, but through some other source. If indeed those rogue transactions were credit card payments actually processed by PayPal,. then somebody hacked or phished you to get into your account.

 

- OS

Edited February 13, 2014 by Oh Shoot