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Old Aug 10, 2004 | 3:59 pm
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Originally Posted by tekelberry
The idea that Paypal gave anyone's information out is ridiculous.
I don't think that's really the point.

The possibility exists, as I mentioned earlier, that someone employed by PayPal or eBay STOLE the e-mail addresses and sold them to spammers/phishers. It happened with AOL, and it's probably happening with other large companies as well.
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