A recent data theft at PayPal caused a huge stir when a hacker was found wanting to sell access data to around 15.8 million accounts online—including user passwords in plain text. This type of data ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Let’s get two things out of the way before digging deeper into ...

Update, March 10, 2025: This story, originally published March 8, has been updated with in-depth mitigation advice from PayPal regarding attack attempts and tactics, as well as a recommendation that ...