Anonymous hackers claim to leak 28,000 PayPal passwords on global protest day [update]

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Anonymous hacking spree hits PayPal, Symantec

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Anonymous hacking spree hits PayPal, Symantec

by Violet Blue

November 4, 2012 7:31 PM PST

The press arm for Anonymous has announced that it has begun its hacking spree for the 5th of November -- Guy Fawkes Day -- and claims to have dumped user and employee account information on accounts from PayPal, Symantec, Australian government Web sites and much more.

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So it looks like whatever was dumped was possibly data from "ZpaneL" rather than from paypal's own DB.

It was apparently hashed passwords, phone numbers, usernames etc. No word whether that was data *for* Zpanel accounts themselves, or paypal login/account info *from* ZPaneL.

Considering all the other sites which were defaced (nbc etc) while PP remained undefaced, I'd guess that paypal *proper* was not hacked. Who really knows though?

Not even worth posting links, it's a big cluster.

Smart thing would be to change PW if not close accounts permanently

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Anonymous Attacks Lady Gaga Fan Site: Have Hacktivists Lost Their Mojo?

Hackers ain't what they used to be. The latest hacktivist offensive went after an Aussie hippie festival, a group that helps people with disabilities and other symbols of oppressive authoritarianism. They could even take down Zynga, the dying game-making company. Pathetic

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