CALIFORNIA - PayPal has denied news that mentions a group of hackers LulzSec has been managed to break into their site, which led to the spread of user account information from the payment gateway services to the public.
PayPal has denied their site to be successfully hacked and burglarized by LulzSec
As is known, the hacker group Lulz Security or abbreviated LulzSec last week stating that they had leaked information about 62 thousand internet users account data, including Facebook, PayPal, and Twitter.
"The report is inaccurate. We want to assure you that the PayPal site in no way to be compromised or hijacked," wrote the PayPal blog, which quoted from FS Tech on Monday (6/20/2011).
"Earlier a group of hackers claim to have attacked sites that security was fragile, and take the username and password. However, the password and username is not associated with PayPal," he added.
PayPal said that their security team to be vigilant after the news emerged, and direct monitoring to a number of accounts that have suspicious activity.
"We always keep an eye on any unofficial payments from the accounts of users. We do it routinely. The process of monitoring is also going to work right away if it detects a suspicious accounts," said the PayPal.
Besides claiming to have hijacked the Amazon site, Facebook and PayPal, previously LulzSec also have hijacked the site of Sony Pictures, a member of the United States Senate, the CIA, and others.
