HackingFinancial ServicesTechnologyFinancePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

PAYPAL, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 8, 2022

Filed

Jan 17, 2023

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

145state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

64%

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

PayPal, Inc. notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a credential stuffing incident affecting 145 NH residents. Unauthorized access occurred Dec 6-8, 2022, using credentials obtained via phishing unrelated to PayPal. Exposed data included names, SSNs, and DOBs. PayPal reset passwords, engaged counsel, and offered 24 months of Equifax monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 40 days

Dec 6, 2022

Begins

Dec 8, 2022

Discovered

Jan 17, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2381991d8ce7e2422023-01-18 · +1dVerified
Washington State AGbd_23c5745c2f3389382023-01-18 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_523acb840ed66f312023-01-18 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_622a569cab26bff72023-01-18 · +1dVerified

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Oregon State AGbd_a2e5f3a545f483792023-01-18 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_add16c56f5a6da9d2023-01-18 · +1dVerified

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 17, 2023
Affected individuals: 145state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
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(40 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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New Hampshire State AGJan 17 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Washington State AG+1d

California State AG+1d

Indiana State AG+1d

Oregon State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/paypal-20230117.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 17, 2023
Raw hash: cd64b082f5fb7312cae03897fb653c8c9ffc3e6f83027daf698164e937bd6e06

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

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov