Bomb explodes at eBay PayPal Headquarters in (San Jose)

[KurtNYC]

An explosive device left at the eBay-owned PayPal headquarters in San Jose exploded Tuesday night, shattering a plate-glass window on the four-story building.

Some 26 employees were working inside the building at the time of the explosion. They reportedly called 911 after hearing the blast.

"Whatever caused this was pretty strong,' said San Jose Fire Department Capt. Jose Guerrero. "It's tough to break one of these windows."
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The fire department responded to the building at 2211 North 1st St. at 7:31 pm after being contacted by the building's private alarm company that some windows were broken and several explosions may have occurred inside, according to Guerrero.

http://cbs5.com/topstories/local_story_305004735.html

One note of caution: This may trigger a new flood of phishing emails (as if they need an excuse) seeking to capitalize on this event, with the usual ruse of asking you for your account info. As always, do not be mislead by such emails. If you need to check your paypal account, type paypal's URL directly into your browser's address line -- DON'T click on links within emails since they may direct you to spoof sites (eg bogus sites which look pretty much exactly like the real thing).

[Deja Q]

1. Holy shit.

Why would anybody want to do this?

[NashVegas]

12. To Get Staffers Away from Their Desktops

And get all kinds of nifty information and passwords.

Takes "brute force" hacking to a whole new level.

[Anakin Skywalker]

28. Somebody Not Happy w/ the Services?

[hlthe2b]

2. Given the level of customer service...

from paypal and so many other companies today, I'm surprised this isn't more common (obviously, I don't condone such actions). 'Glad no one was hurt...

[Ian David]

23. That's what I was thinking. PayPal is downright evil.

But, in the end, "it's only money."

And it's never right to kill someone over money.

Now, oil on the other hand...

Oh, and if someone worships the wrong invisible friend...

Or if they hate freedom.

Anyway, bombing PayPal was still wrong.

I'm sorry if someone lost a couple grand when they got ripped-off by a thug when they tried to sell their Laptop and PayPal didn't give a damn.

But bombing them?

Come on!

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

24. "PayPal is downright evil"

How true. One of the biggest, most dishonest arbitrage schemes going.

I wonder how much they have given to the repukes?

[Ian David]

25. $159,901 to Democrats, $123,519 to Repubickers

$159,901 to Democrats (56%)
$123,519 to Republicans (44%)
$0 to Others
$283,419 in Total Contributions

http://www.buyblue.org/node/814/view/summary

[electropop]

33. They are pretty bad,

but a bomb is going more than a bit too far.

[Straight Shooter]

35. I must be one of the lucky ones. I thought their cust. service was excellent.

:shrug:

[Pawel K]

40. I love them, had an account there since 2001

I use it for all my internet transactions. The fees are a little high but its worth it.

[hlthe2b]

41. I did too (love them) until I had to seek assistance with a disputed

transaction....

Let's just say a major "lesson in futility and frustration." Probably not enough valium in the world to get me to rehash the whole incident. Just count yourself fortunate you've not had to seek their "intervention" or "assistance."


I still use them on occasion, because frankly there isn't much choice... But I am very judicious.

[Pawel K]

43. Haven't had to file a dispute yet, that might be why I'm happy

Thanks for the info, good to know.

[grizmaster]

3. Is Osama out to disrupt beanie baby sales?

a truly shocking possibility :sarcasm:

[davidinalameda]

16. don't knock beanie babies

;)

[grizmaster]

19. If they've gained Osama's attention

then beanie babies are obviously crucial to national security

[davidinalameda]

20. very good

:rofl:

[elehhhhna]

34. lol

[Recursion]

37. *shrug* maybe paypal runs afoul of usury laws? n/t

[requiem99]

4. I hope Paypal goes out of business.

The first time, in 2002-2003, I joined the class action lawsuit against them after they repeatedly ripped me off in payments, took money from my bank account without permission, and generally acted like my money belonged to them and they didn't give a shit about me. In the end I got like 12 dollars total out of it (when they stole hundreds) and in the settlement Paypal managed to lawyer their way out of it, paying a totally worthless (for them) 6 or 7 million out to tens of thousands of claimants, without admitting to ANY wrongdoing and with a clause SPECIFICALLY STATING they did NOT have to change their business practises!! ONLY IN BUSH'S AMERICA.

Last week I finally decided to try Paypal again because I needed paypal for ebay (since the two are locked together now and you can't even bid on many auctions without a paypal account!). LITERALLY within 48 hours of signing up my credit card had charges on it that I did not authorize. I did a full security check of everything and narrowed it down to paypal, AGAIN.

[sinkingfeeling]

8. Wow, I've used them since their beginning and haven't had a single

problem. They have even recovered money for me when the E-bay purchase was damaged.

[kestrel91316]

10. Funny, I've used them for a few years and NEVER had a problem.

[Dulcinea]

22. I've never had a problem.

I'm an eBay seller as well as a buyer, & Paypal has always been trouble-free for me. Definitely better than deadbeat jerks who take a month to send a money order!

[William Bloode]

26. I know how ya feel.

I was abused by the bastards! They owe me around $200 the seized from me for supposed illegal activity. I bought marijuana seeds for legal medical use, from a legal distributor yet they used it as an excuse to frickin' rob me!

[MidwestTransplant]

5. I would never fall for that BS. By the way, anybody get in on the Nigerian

money maker I got an email about the other day. I am just waiting for my check to come!

[ChiciB1]

7. I Get Those Emails ALL The Time!! How Do They Get My Address???

I just delete them because you CAN'T unsubscribe! I thought about switching, but figured they would find me anyway!

[dipsydoodle]

14. It's called phishing

and you'll find that some that you receive are not even addressed to you - just using an address similar to your own with a simple variation of a word or maybe just a syllable.
There are lots of sites with tips on "scamming the scammers" for if you've got the time and the inclination to just string them along and have a laugh. This is an example and the pictures really crack me up : http://www.419eater.com/html/john_boko.htm

[Canuckistanian]

17. Be very careful about unsusbscribing

Unless you KNOW you subscribed to a service, don't answer any emails to "unsubscribe" from their service.

[mainegreen]

6. Paypal probably refused to refund the money to a Rethug ID theft victim. nt

[Timefortruth]

9. My thought exactly,

The person who did this should be prosecuted to the fullest extent, and should spend many, many years in jail, but in all probability they were screwed royally by Paypal before they did this. The sad thing is the people he hurt had nothing to do with whatever they Paypal to rip him off.

Paypal does not protect consumers, AT ALL.

I won't use it anymore, if I want something from ebay and the vendor won't take a check or regular charge I don't use them.

[EFerrari]

11. Same here. I used Paypal exactly twice and then never again. nt

[LordLovesAWorkingMan]

15. Yeah, that's probably it exactly.

:eyes:

[darkism]

27. That's true. Conservatives are the ones who resort to terrorism.

Conservatives are the ones who send anthrax to Democratic senators and Keith Olbermann
Conservatives are the ones who bomb federal buildings, Olympic parks and gay clubs
Conservatives are the ones who kill abortion doctors
Conservatives are the ones who live in "compounds" in Idaho with a stash of artillery inside grain silos

The point? Domestic terrorists tend to be political conservatives.
Because violence and hate is the only language they know.

[truthisfreedom]

13. 1] i hope nobody was hurt. 2] this might take Kerry out of the headlines.

3] terror incident on bush's watch, a stark reminder that we aren't safe under rethugs.

[Ezlivin]

18. Was it a Google Bomb?

I'm feeling lucky.

[Robb]

21. (rimshot)

:D

[rocktivity]

29. One rimshot, coming up!

rocknation

[mcscajun]

30. Kicked and Recommended for the Cautionary Note.

:kick:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

31. *

[BlueEyedSon]

32. "...they hate us for our auctions...."

[Pawel K]

36. Its called home grown terrorism

and Bush isn't doing shit about it.

[stepnw1f]

38. Another Right Winger probably

I think I understand now why right wingers claim to know the minds of terrorists so well... they are just like them given the right situation...

example: bombing abortion clinics, anthrax mailed to Dems and journalists they disagree with.

[Downtown Hound]

39. Heh, I couldn't even get paypal to work

I guess I was lucky, judging from all the responses on this thread. I sold a camera on ebay once, and my buyer said he couldn't pay with his credit card on my paypal account. I called paypal and they said the account was fine. He called paypal and his credit card company and they said everything was fine. Paypal essentially told us to fuck off, that everything was fine with their system even though it didn't work. I was pretty annoyed at the time, but now I realize I might have been lucky.

[The Anti-Neo Con]

42. Their security sucks at Paypal.

Or at least it did in 2001. I was a victim of fraud via their site. Paypal eventually took care of the problem, but it took a lot of my personal time & effort to get things cleared up.

[DerBeppo]

44. That's what I call negative feedback.

tip your waitresses.