Brand new - today’s news: Millions of user credentials are being sold on the darknet for approximately $750. They contain serial numbers, personal data (e.g., in the health sector), plaintext passwords, etc.
PayPal also:
PayPal credentials on the darknet: What users should do now
As of: August 19, 2025, 3:12 PMhttps://cybernews.com/security/paypal-credential-dump-hacker-claims/
Key takeaways:
• Hackers claim to have stolen 15.8 million PayPal login credentials including plaintext passwords.
• The data dump lacked a large enough sample and could not be independently verified.
• PayPal denies any data breach claims, saying the data dump is related to a security incident from 2022.
• The low selling price suggests the alleged data quality may be poor.