how do these hackers manage to hack someone's account?

Philippines
July 23, 2011 9:55am CST
my friends paypal account was hacked. very sad. how they did this? do they ask informations from us or do they manage to hack your account when you are lettting them know what your password is.
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4 responses
• Philippines
25 Jul 11
Got hacked on a paypal account? That's scary because Paypal is known to be "safe". Now I'm scared. Haha. How was your friend hacked? Was all the money stolen?
• Philippines
26 Jul 11
yeah it is. my other friend also got hacked his email account and everything was hacked including his alertpay account. the reason that was hacked is that he used weak password. it is really important to have a strong password and not to use same password for other accounts. you should have different passwords for each account and do not use again your password more than once.
@cathloe (184)
• Philippines
24 Jul 11
oh no, that's cruelty. there are always bad people in the scene. they do not have heart. well, don't worry..karma will come to them. they're so bad. just believe in the saying, what comes around, goes around, what comes up, must come down.. they'll pay for what they've done..
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• Philippines
25 Jul 11
yeah it is. bad people are everywhere. you can find them everywhere with bad motives. but sorry i don't believe on karma, what i believe is that "do unto others what you want others do unto you". but they will surely pay for the evil things thsy did. if not in this life, surely it would happen in the next life. if they would not turn away from their evil practice.
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
24 Jul 11
I think alot of times, people join other sites and use the same password for each of them. People already have your email address and they know the password you use for their site. They try to sign into your Paypal account with those details and sometimes it works if you use the same password for it. Some people highjack your computer also and steal your information when you type something in.
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• Philippines
25 Jul 11
yeah, i think some do that. i think its hassle for them to make different passwords for each site. i think this is carelessness.
• India
23 Jul 11
Hello friend it's a very sad news that your friends paypal account is hacked.. I think we should not share our personal information with others at any circumstances. And we should always use a different and a strong password for those important account we use.
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