Confirmed breach

PayPal data breach

USUnited States · PayPal, Inc.

PayPal (United States) notified the Oregon Department of Justice, the California Attorney General and the Washington Attorney General of a data breach on 18 January 2023. It told the states about 34,942 Oregon residents; the total can be higher. The breach began on 6 December 2022, 43 days before it was reported.

Status: Confirmed breach
People affected: 34,942 Oregon residents (one state’s count; the total can be higher)
Reported: 18 January 2023
Across the state notices: at least 35,832 people (Oregon and Washington: each state counts only its own residents)
Breach began: 6 December 2022
Time to tell: 43 days (the median in California’s notices over the last year: 154 days)

What was exposed

The register’s list does not say what was exposed; the notice it links to (under Sources) usually does.

Sources

Official notices are read by code from the regulator’s own register. More notices to Oregon, California, Washington. · Corrections and changes

If PayPal had your data

Look for PayPal, Inc.’s own notice or letter: it should say what of yours was involved. Keep it.
The register’s list does not say what was exposed; the notice it links to (under Sources) usually does. If PayPal, Inc. has a password of yours, change it now to be safe.
Expect scams that use your details: calls, texts or emails pretending to be PayPal, Inc., your bank or the police. Never give codes or passwords, never approve a sign-in you did not start, never move money.

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