Threat actor offers 15.8 million PayPal user credentials on cybercrime forum.
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Threat actor offers 15.8 million PayPal user credentials on cybercrime forum.

A threat actor operating under the alias "Chucky_BF" has surfaced on a prominent cybercrime forum claiming to possess a massive trove of PayPal user credentials. The cybercriminal is advertising what they describe as the "Global PayPal Credential Dump 2025," containing allegedly 15.8 million email and password combinations from PayPal users worldwide.
Widespread PayPal and Venmo outage impacts millions across the U.S.
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Widespread PayPal and Venmo outage impacts millions across the U.S.

On the morning of August 1, 2025, millions of users across the United States were affected by a significant service outage impacting both PayPal and Venmo. The disruption began around 8:45–9:00 a.m. Eastern Time and left users temporarily unable to send or receive funds through either platform—two of the most widely used digital payment services in the country.