Comments on: Warning: PayPal And Symantec Possibly Attacked In Anonymous November 5 Attack Spree [Updates]

By: Just

Just — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:34:49 +0000

Well Paypall deserved it. Time to move on to other payment method. Good thing that other sites going to adapt different payment than Paypal.
I’ve read other articles that users lost their money by Paypal and all the posts I’ve read seems they’re very angry about it. Well at the moment, this has not happend to me, but if it does I feel the same way as they.
So…
Skrill or Moneybookers seems legit as an alternative perhaps.

By: Chaos Emperor

Chaos Emperor — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:37:40 +0000

Same with me

By: Robert Backlund

Robert Backlund — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 07:36:00 +0000

There is a log in feature of Pay Pal that everyone should be using. After the initial user name and password that most sites require you can sign up to have a random pin texed to your cell phone that is only valid for 5 minutes to complete the final step in logging in to your account. I have been using this feature for the past year or so and it only adds a couple of minutes to the log in time. I have gotten to where I only shop online vendors that accept paypal as a payment method because of this log in feature. Someone may get your user name and password either by getting a keystroke logger installed on your system or by hacking a web server somewhere but they will not have access to your cell phone that you need to complete the log in to PayPal. I only wish that every vendor and especially banking and credit card sites offered this form of log in.

By: Shmuel Mendelsohn

Shmuel Mendelsohn — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:59:12 +0000

Who would have thunk it?

By: Debra Beshears

Debra Beshears — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:40:31 +0000

Thanks for letting us know. I will be sharing this via social networking!

By: Me

Me — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:45:01 +0000

I believe its related to the wikileaks thing
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2011/12/06/on-the-anniversary-of-cutting-off-wikileaks-paypal-slaps-christmas-charity/

By: druv vb

druv vb — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 08:38:55 +0000

Thanks for the info Dave LeClair.
Although its not clear why Anonymous attacked PayPal and Symantec, it clear that the hacking group is moving to harms way. I doubt Anonymous will ever reveal all that information for public misuse. But this action will surely make people fear and hate the Anonymous group. Its not that they are good or bad. Maybe the group wanted to test the security of those sites to make it more secure. Maybe just for fun. Or maybe it really happened. Everything is possible in the virtual world.

By: Brandon Ragoo

Brandon Ragoo — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:41:05 +0000

Could anyone please inform me about what the group of hackers are protesting for ???
I would of liked to do some research on it but unfortunately have to work on a draft for a project which I have due for tomorrow. Thanks in advance oh and I believe neither of the companies will admit there websites were hacked it will just make customers scared and worried and they will not want to be involved with the company ever again, thats what I think.

By: Kelley Miller

Kelley Miller — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 23:23:08 +0000

just changed all passwords! better safe than sorry :)

By: Terafall

Terafall — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 10:27:44 +0000

I never have any of those account but it still worries me

By: bryan acido

bryan acido — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 08:43:14 +0000

I need to change my password!

By: Rajaa Chowdhury

Rajaa Chowdhury — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 03:27:15 +0000

Deleted my PayPal account yesterday night after reading this article. Had a good night’s sleep after that. :)

By: Jon Smith

Jon Smith — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:33:02 +0000

why aren’t these sites more equipped to faced hackers? these people as commenters pointed out have a lot of their information

By: Deji Greg

Deji Greg — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:58:31 +0000

another problem on board, cyber crime in progress, cyber security breached

By: josemon maliakal

josemon maliakal — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:16:01 +0000

really annoying