co-worker is a victim of a chinese hacker

[Pepsei]

this morning, when he log in to check his paypal account. his paypal setting was all in chinese. and someone named chen chow (i translated it for him, it was in simplified chinese characters), took out ~$150 twice.

his password wasn't easy to hack, had numbers and punctuation in it too.

it may have been a rogue store that he visited, (the last one he purchased anything from was stop-n-buy.com), the site did deliver the stuff, so maybe the hacker compromised the site itself.

or worst, the chinese hacker hacked paypal?

for start, he called paypal already and disputed those charges and called the bank. he also used my computer to changed the password.

anyone have a similar experience and how to deal with this?

 

[Newbian]

If he used your computer expect you to be targeted next just for revenge. :Q

Waits for Pepsei to start posting in Chinese.

 

[ViviTheMage]

more then likely he logged into paypal from a scam email and that is how they got his log in and password. doubt it's related to where he bought form previously.

 

[Pepsei]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
more then likely he logged into paypal from a scam email and that is how they got his log in and password. doubt it's related to where he bought form previously.

he's more careful than i am. that's why i'm baffled at how they got his info. we both work in IT securities so we're very careful with scam emails....

it's strange chinese people would use paypal... since the word " paypal" sounds like ?? (which stands for "losing money explosively")

 

[alkemyst]

someone had hacked my bank account, transferred money to paypal and attempted to take it...

I caught it in time. My password was very long and unique.

 

[shocksyde]

Originally posted by: Pepsei

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
more then likely he logged into paypal from a scam email and that is how they got his log in and password. doubt it's related to where he bought form previously.

he's more careful than i am. that's why i'm baffled at how they got his info. we both work in IT securities so we're very careful with scam emails....

it's strange chinese people would use paypal... since the word " paypal" sounds like ?? (which stands for "losing money explosively")

Hahaha, that's perfect.

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Originally posted by: shocksyde

Originally posted by: Pepsei

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
more then likely he logged into paypal from a scam email and that is how they got his log in and password. doubt it's related to where he bought form previously.

he's more careful than i am. that's why i'm baffled at how they got his info. we both work in IT securities so we're very careful with scam emails....

it's strange chinese people would use paypal... since the word " paypal" sounds like ?? (which stands for "losing money explosively")

Hahaha, that's perfect.

This

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: Pepsei

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
more then likely he logged into paypal from a scam email and that is how they got his log in and password. doubt it's related to where he bought form previously.

he's more careful than i am. that's why i'm baffled at how they got his info. we both work in IT securities so we're very careful with scam emails....

it's strange chinese people would use paypal... since the word " paypal" sounds like ?? (which stands for "losing money explosively")

hahaha, this is new to me.

 

[tk149]

keystroke logger? Did he ever log on from a public computer?

 

[Saga]

Sounds like he needs to stop buying WoW gold from IGE-knockoffs.

 

[Pepsei]

Originally posted by: tk149
keystroke logger? Did he ever log on from a public computer?

nope.. he even have his own computer at home while the wife use another one. wife doesn't know his paypal account.

Originally posted by: Saga
Sounds like he needs to stop buying WoW gold from IGE-knockoffs.

nope, he doesn't play WoW at all.....



in this room, i'm the person most likely to get hacked. because i'm too lax....

 

[Newbian]

Check his computer for porn sites.

 

[randay]

Originally posted by: Newbian
Check his computer for porn sites.

while youre at it, check his lungs for air.

 

[buzzsaw13]

Happened to me a couple months ago. Called up paypal and had to argue to the CS rep that I wasn't located in China. They also got into my hotmail account which was linked to my live.com cashback, but reset the password pretty fast over the phone.

 

[Pepsei]

Originally posted by: buzzsaw13
Happened to me a couple months ago. Called up paypal and had to argue to the CS rep that I wasn't located in China. They also got into my hotmail account which was linked to my live.com cashback, but reset the password pretty fast over the phone.

did you get your money back? how long did that take?

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Pepsei

it's strange chinese people would use paypal... since the word " paypal" sounds like ?? (which stands for "losing money explosively")

it means that in english too

 

[Atheus]

Originally posted by: Pepsei
so maybe the hacker compromised the site itself

Extraordinarily unlikely. If someone did that they would never reveal themselves for a few bucks, they'd just skim $0.01 off every transaction for the next ten years, and then buy a small country. It is likely either a) someone stole the password off a bit of paper or the home PC or b) someone accessed a smaller site and used stored details to make a purchase. In either case the word 'hacker' is used incorrectly.

 

[Zolty]

Generally they get in through the password recovery. Have your friend call paypal, contrary to the horror stories you hear they are actually quite friendly.

 

[buzzsaw13]

Originally posted by: Pepsei

Originally posted by: buzzsaw13
Happened to me a couple months ago. Called up paypal and had to argue to the CS rep that I wasn't located in China. They also got into my hotmail account which was linked to my live.com cashback, but reset the password pretty fast over the phone.

did you get your money back? how long did that take?

Took maybe a week or two.

 

[roid450]

was he using inter EXploder or Firefox?

 

[oiprocs]

Another example of why the Chinese should not be allowed to procreate.

 

[Doggiedog]

That's strange.

I used my paypal recently after not using it for a year and my account was in Chinese too. The account was locked as well but there were no transactions or anything made.

I wonder if it was hacked into?