HackingFinancial ServicesTechnologyFinanceStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

PAYPAL, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 20, 2022

Filed

Jan 18, 2023

To disclose

29 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

64%

All records for PAYPAL, INC. →3 incidents on file

Account takeover notice

PAYPAL, INC. notified customers of unauthorized access to their accounts. The filing says: “On December 20, 2022, we confirmed that unauthorized parties were able to access your PayPal customer account using your login credentials.”

PayPal confirmed unauthorized access to customer accounts using login credentials between Dec 6-8, 2022. The incident was discovered on Dec 20, 2022. Affected data may include name, address, SSN, ITIN, and DOB. PayPal reset passwords, implemented enhanced security controls, and offered two years of Equifax identity monitoring. No evidence suggests credentials were obtained from PayPal systems.

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California clockDiscovered Dec 20, 2022 → Notified Jan 18, 202329d ✓ CA 60-day OK29 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 14 days

discovery → filing · 29 days

Dec 6, 2022

Begins

Dec 20, 2022

Discovered

Jan 18, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2381991d8ce7e2422023-01-18Verified
Washington State AGbd_23c5745c2f3389382023-01-18Verified
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 20, 2022
Account access: Dec 6, 2022 – Dec 8, 2022
Undetected for: 14 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 18, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Promptly began an investigation
Took steps to prevent unauthorized actors from obtaining further personal information
Reset the passwords of the affected PayPal accounts
Implemented enhanced security controls that will require you to establish a new password the next time your login to your account
Secured the services of Equifax to provide identity monitoring services at no cost to you for two years
Changes made: Implemented enhanced security controls that will require you to establish a new password the next time your login to your account
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 29d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Dec 20, 2022
→ Notified: Jan 18, 2023
29d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Dec 20, 2022 → Notified: Jan 18, 2023	29d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

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

Washington State AG+1d

Indiana State AG+1d

Oregon State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

California 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-561929
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: 4a53205adc0dc0733ab09c3778bda79990af1f88adffe40a0de75669a2408f13

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPAYPAL, INC.

Victim entityPAYPAL, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 20, 2022

Stated responsePromptly began an investigation

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov