PayPal says crooks accessed 34,942 customers' info in credential stuffing attack
The personal information of 35,000 PayPal users was exposed in December, according to a notification letter sent to the online payment company's customers this week.
"We have no information suggesting that any of your personal information was misused as a result of this incident, or that there are any unauthorized transactions on your account," the notification letter [] said."There is also no evidence that your login credentials were obtained from any PayPal systems."
Earlier in December, our security team identified and resolved a data incident that affected a small number of PayPal customer accounts.
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