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PayPal loan app bug exposed personal data for months
A software error exposed sensitive data for a limited number of users.
- Organisation
- PayPal
- Disclosed
- 20 February 2026
- Affected
- Not stated
- Data
- Sensitive personal data
- Attacker
- None (bug)
- Severity
- minor
- Region
- Global
- Source
- CM Alliance monthly roundup ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “PayPal loan app bug exposed personal data for months”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 20 Feb 2026. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2026-02-20-paypal-breach/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: CM Alliance monthly roundup, https://www.cm-alliance.com/cybersecurity-blog/february-2026-recent-cyber-attacks-data-breaches-ransomware-attacks.
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