HackingFinancial ServicesTechnologyFinanceStolen CredentialsPhishingCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

PAYPAL, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 8, 2022

Filed

Jan 18, 2023

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

890state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for PAYPAL, INC. →3 incidents on file

PayPal, Inc. notified Washington AG of a credential stuffing incident affecting 890 Washington residents. Unauthorized access occurred Dec 6-8, 2022, using credentials obtained via phishing unrelated to PayPal. Exposed data included names, addresses, SSNs, and DOBs. PayPal contained the breach, reset passwords, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d6 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 41 days

Dec 6, 2022

Begins

Dec 8, 2022

Discovered

Jan 18, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2381991d8ce7e2422023-01-18Verified
California State AGbd_523acb840ed66f312023-01-18Verified
Indiana State AGbd_622a569cab26bff72023-01-18Verified
Oregon State AGbd_a2e5f3a545f483792023-01-18Verified

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Maine State AGbd_add16c56f5a6da9d2023-01-18Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_b77eec4b92da362d2023-01-17 · +1dCandidate

Name: PAYPAL, INC.
norm: paypal

Name: PAYPAL, INC.
norm: paypal
Industry: Financial ServicesllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Dec 8, 2022
Breach occurred: Dec 6, 2022 – Dec 8, 2022
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 18, 2023
Affected individuals: 890state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Masking the personal information so it is no longer visible
Engaging outside counsel to assist in investigating this matter
Resetting passwords for the affected PayPal accounts
Implementing enhanced security controls to prevent any further unauthorized access
Changes made: Implementing enhanced security controls that will require you to establish a new password the next time you login to your account
Offering 24 months of free identity theft and credit monitoring services through Equifax
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(41 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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New Hampshire State AGJan 17 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

California State AG+1d

Indiana State AG+1d

Oregon State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

Washington State AG+1d · this page

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA17450.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 18, 2023
Raw hash: 71878b6ab4557769f959e5f983b9d79111ff1b8469a6f8c10f7294c560c28f64

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPAYPAL, INC.

Victim entityPAYPAL, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 8, 2022

Stated responseMasking the personal information so it is no longer visible

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com