PayPal says personal data may be compromised for 1.6M TIO users

Re:PayPal says personal data may be compromised for 1.6M TIO... by iamthirsty on Saturday December 02, 2017 @05:28PM (#15834546)

> PayPal will offer affected TIO consumers free credit-monitoring services through Experian Plc, the spokesman said.

What's the point anymore? This has happened so many times this year I've got more credit monitoring than I could ever need. Now I just need them to actually redo the "identity" system into something I can actually use with peace of mind.

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Re:PayPal says personal data may be compromised for 1.6M TIO... by erichurkman on Saturday December 02, 2017 @06:35PM (#15834965)

And all of the data breach sites seem to go out of their way to make them seem scammy as all get out.

www.databreach-settlement.com is for the Anthem data breach.

The Uber driver breach sends you to www.experianidworks.com.

The Equifax incident sends you to www.equifaxsecurity2017.com.

And those are just the three "we can't do security" cards/letters sitting on my desk.

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Re:PayPal says personal data may be compromised for 1.6M TIO... by sitepodmatt on Sunday December 03, 2017 @05:42AM (#15837001)

I'd be fuming if I was opted in to any product from Experian without direct consent, I've seen php bitcoin exchanges with more credibility than those cunts

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Re:PayPal says personal data may be compromised for 1.6M TIO... by onion2k on Sunday December 03, 2017 @04:16AM (#15836762)

If Experian were really sneaky they'd pay teams of hackers to steal personal data from businesses so the affected businesses would then have to buy huge contracts for free credit monitoring for their users from Experian. That's not what's happening here, obviously, but it'd make a great Hackers-esque movie.

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Re:PayPal says personal data may be compromised for 1.6M TIO... by thanksgiving on Sunday December 03, 2017 @06:06AM (#15837074)

I didn't even think PayPal has to pay Experian money for this... Wow. Likely a bulk deal too like you said.

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Re:PayPal says personal data may be compromised for 1.6M TIO... by rectang on Saturday December 02, 2017 @10:14PM (#15835762)

Absolutely. Such a remedy is completely inadequate as compensation for the damage done to those whose personal information has been compromised.

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Re:PayPal says personal data may be compromised for 1.6M TIO... by dboreham on Saturday December 02, 2017 @05:51PM (#15834673)

There was never an actual point. It was the only plausible-sounding thing that could be given and neither regular folks nor industry journalists called them out.

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