#paypal password

So my Paypal account was hacked at exactly 10:01am this morning. In the many years that I have been doing online transactions, I've gotten used to frauds and hacks but this one from Paypal (Unauthorized Transaction) is the biggest so far. Just woken up before 10am this morning and was checking the blog when I received an email alert from Paypal (thanks to the GMail pop-up alert plugin). The heading says something like "Password Reset" so I immediately logged into my email and check what it was. Realizing that someone tried to submit a "Forgot Password" request, I went to Paypal and logged in. After 2 failed attempts, I concluded someone got in and changed my password. First came to mind was one of the email accounts attached to my Paypal account was hacked and used to reset the password. Knowing that my GMail is still working (and is my primary Paypal account), I hurriedly went and did another password reset. Read more in our articles including "Disputing Unauthorized Transactions on Paypal" and "Google Year in Search 2025 for Philippines revealed".