Selling PayPal Accounts: Spanish Language Facebook Group

On 31 January 2017, Wapack Labs discovered a private Spanish language group on Facebook. This group sells compromised Mexican and German PayPal accounts for amounts between $500 and $1,000 Mexican Pesos. Wapack Labs believes, with medium to high confidence, that the administrators of the group are from Mexico; as they conduct transactions in Mexican Pesos. It is unclear at this time how they gain control of the accounts they are selling. Once a buyer pays for an account, the group provides expanded details on the account. 

Wapack Labs extensively reported on PayPal fraud schemes in the past. An archive of related reporting can be found in the Red Sky Alliance portal.

The following organizations were cited in this report: PayPal, Facebook

TLP: AMBER
ACTOR TYPE: (N/A)
SERIAL: TR-024-2017
COUNTRIES: US (FL) & MX, DE
INDUSTRIES: Financial
REPORT DATE: 20170202

Net Neutrality, Facebook and WhatsApp

On 1 October 2016, the U.S., under the Net Neutrality doctrine, will relinquish FCC control of the international Internet (abolish ICANN).  This has concerned many cyber experts regarding the governance of the Internet.  This legal issue in Hamburg, Germany could be a precursor to interpretation of privacy laws, international law and future litigation against cyber companies.  Wapack Labs will continue to monitor this serious matter.

Publication date:                               30 September 2016

Handling requirements:                   Traffic light protocol (TLP) GREEN

Attribution/Threat Actors:               Legal Court Order / EU Privacy Law

Actor Type:                                         N/A

Potential Targets:                               Worldwide Internet

Red Sky Alliance Reporting:             RSAC: DOC-4129

About Wapack Labs

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