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[uk-netmarketing] PayPal Payments Pro

[uk-netmarketing] PayPal Payments Pro

Sam Michel sam at chinwag.com
Thu Jan 24 18:11:58 GMT 2013


Hiya Paul,

Well, I *guess* that's good to know, although a hole that serious in Plesk
is seriously worrying.

<thanks lucky stars we don't use Plesk on our hosting - then double-checks>

Glad it's all under control.


Toodle Pip

Sam

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On 24 January 2013 17:26, Paul Lock <paul at epicado.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the advice Sam.****
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> The client is contacting all customers who he thinks may have been
> affected.****
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> It seems that it was a weakness in Plesk, which is somehow both reassuring
> and alarming. Our hosts are plugging the hole.****
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> KBO!****
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> *From:* uk-netmarketing-bounces at mm.chinwag.com [mailto:
> uk-netmarketing-bounces at mm.chinwag.com] *On Behalf Of *Sam Michel
> *Sent:* 23 January 2013 09:46
> *To:* uk-netmarketing
> *Subject:* Re: [uk-netmarketing] PayPal Payments Pro****
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> Hiya Paul,****
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> Ouch. That sounds painful. We've not had any security issues with Paypal
> in the past. Errors in the accounting yes, but security, no.****
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> The SSL encryption won't make any difference is the credit card details
> are only being handled at the Paypal end of things. There could be all
> sorts of reasons that people are claiming this, including
> trojans/keyloggers on their computers, malware on the clients' site or a
> problem with Paypal.****
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> I'd be checking the clients site and servers for any security issues, as
> well as getting the client to contact the clients to find out the full
> circumstances of the transactions i.e. which cards were used, where did
> they enter the details, etc.****
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> Never had much luck at getting info out of Paypal in the past, but they
> were definitely getting better/slightly quicker at responding to queries
> last time we had one.****
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> Good luck and keep us posted on how this pans out.****
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> Toodle Pip
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> Sam
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> On 22 January 2013 15:03, Paul Lock <paul at epicado.com> wrote:****
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> Good afternoon Waggers,****
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> Has anyone had any reports of or experienced security problems with PayPal
> Payments Pro?****
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> We’ve just been told by a client that in the last three days he’s had
> calls from three customers telling him that their credit card details have
> been stolen after using his site. The site has an SSL that kicks in from
> the start of the transaction – collection of customer name, address etc.**
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> PayPal have denied any issues their end and we’ve removed Payments Pro.
> I’d just be interested to know if others have encountered this problem on
> that processor?****
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> Thanks,****
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