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Ina Steiner is co-founder and Editor of EcommerceBytes and has been reporting on ecommerce since 1999. She's a widely cited authority on marketplace selling and is author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). Her blog was featured in the book, "Blogging Heroes" (Wiley 2008). She is a member of the Online News Association (Sep 2005 - present) and Investigative Reporters and Editors (Mar 2006 - present). Follow her on Twitter at @ecommercebytes and send news tips to ina@ecommercebytes.com. See disclosure at EcommerceBytes.com/disclosure/.

One thought on “PayPal Sued for Negligence over December Data Breach, Invests in Cybersecurity Firm”

  1. Definitely negligence. Access to sensitive data should have been controlled by two factor authentication. Sensitive data like the tax ID should have been encrypted allowing confirmation but not display. Also, the most sensitive data should not be on the same server as data that can be viewed.

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