My Uber account was hacked – and I was refunded in rouble credits
by Miles Brignall from Technology | The Guardian on (#3EHFN)
Money was deducted from my PayPal account - and I couldn't get my cash back
In September my Uber account was hacked and three trips were taken by the fraudsters in Russia, which resulted in my account being charged 16,000 roubles.
Although I was demonstrably nowhere near Moscow at the time, 229 was taken from my PayPal account, details of which I had given to Uber to pay for trips.
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