I'm in no way sure they got it through Paypal. But Paypal do store my credit card number somewhere on their servers. So if someone manages to "hack" one of their servers, it may be possible to obtain a lot of informations. But of course, it's obviously not a child's game. I checked my paypal account online, and didn't see anything fishy there. And even if they managed to decipher my password, they couldn't see my credit card number as it's partially masked, even for me.

Yes, I know what you mean. But as a former software programmer, I'm quite aware of security problems and never use a password twice, change them regularly, and even don't use a standard "scheme" for all my passwords. And when I subscribe to a stock agency, I'm very careful not to choose login informations similar to those of my email account, or paypal account, ...

Erick

Even though you're a former programmer, it is much more likely that you clicked on a phishing email and gave up your password, rather than someone hacking a paypal secure server.

I'd also like to point out that 95% of credit card/identity theft is still done the old fashion way. Here is how it works, someone dumpster dives or double swipes your credit card at a resterant. Then they sell the info to someone offshore. Latvia is a favorite place to sell to because they have a good banking system and lack real law inforcement.

The IS forum tends to have a harsher, meaner tone to it. The people who post on SS tend to be gentler with newbies and those who don't always make the coolest of posts.

Not at all! IS shuts down any posting that isn't nice, that's why you don't see as much. IS only allows topics like "How I love iStock" or "How to kiss iStock's @$$". SS lets people tell it like it is. Read rider99's posts on SS and then you'll see the difference. IS just locks or more often deletes unfriendly threads.