PayPal fined by New York for cybersecurity failures

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NEW YORK : PayPal will pay a $2 million civil fine over cybersecurity failures that led to the exposure of customers' Social Security numbers, New York state's financial services superintendent Adrienne Harris said on Thursday.

FILE PHOTO: The PayPal logo is seen at an office building in Berlin, Germany, March 5, 2019.

Harris said these failures left sensitive customer information, including social security numbers, easily accessible to cybercriminals.

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Category: EconomyBusiness

Markets: SingaporeGermany

Topics: York Social Cybersecurity File Mediacorp Failures Paypal Numbers Experience Security Harris

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Published On: 2025-01-23 @ 22:45:42 (4 hours ago)

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