Well, now that I'm home from work, and I've had time to read this thread, I feel a few things need to be said.
Firstly, in the court of public opinion, I've been found guilty. There is very little if anything that could be said to sway the opinions of those who have made up their minds. If I had a better explanation or more details on what took place, I would provide them. As I don't, I'm left with what I know.
Second, I'm well aware of the security that PP has built-in, and how much it has increased. There were a lot of things I did wrong. If the perpetrator had access to my PP account, they likely had access to my email, as well. I immediately changed my Google password following the incident, and have changed it regularly since. If the person responsible had been following this thread and saw the amount that had been accumulated so far, not to mention knew of me and knew my activity, they would likely have been able to breach more than just my PP account. My Google password wasn't very secure, either... My suspicion is that as things were changed in my PP account, emails were intercepted and deleted before I had the chance to view them, then the email changed so any further notifications didn't even get to me. It might sound crazy, but it's the only thing I can think of.
Furthermore, people have asked why the person didn't go after my lines of credit and or other assets. I don't have any. I have crap credit to begin with, so I don't have credit cards with large balances on them, nor have I ever had much money in the bank. So there wasn't really anything for them to go after. Whoever did it knew how much I had in PayPal, and waited for the right time to start removing it.
Beyond that, I have little else to say on the matter. I can't change the minds of those that have condemned me, and I understand that. I also for the record, have not and will not take anything said in this thread personally, nor will I try to debate or argue with anyone. This is a hole I dug myself. I am pathologically incapable of asking for help when I make a mistake, and this time, it's bitten me worse than ever. Instead of coming out with it, I tried to bury it in my own head, and look where it's gotten me.
I will be doing everything in my power to try and fix this situation and make it right. As a gesture of good faith to Yan and the community, I am sending Yan the measly sum of $25 to start with, just what I have in my account. From here on, whether it means getting a list of everyone who donated and refunding them one by one until it's all back in their hands, or my plans of doing Teespring/Kickstarter/Gofundme/sticker sales to raise money for Yan, I will make sure this is someday rectified. I can't apologize large enough to the members of this community for such a transgression, and can only hope to try and rebuild my reputation. All I can say is, I'm sorry. Good god, I'm sorry.
- Josh
Firstly, in the court of public opinion, I've been found guilty. There is very little if anything that could be said to sway the opinions of those who have made up their minds. If I had a better explanation or more details on what took place, I would provide them. As I don't, I'm left with what I know.
Second, I'm well aware of the security that PP has built-in, and how much it has increased. There were a lot of things I did wrong. If the perpetrator had access to my PP account, they likely had access to my email, as well. I immediately changed my Google password following the incident, and have changed it regularly since. If the person responsible had been following this thread and saw the amount that had been accumulated so far, not to mention knew of me and knew my activity, they would likely have been able to breach more than just my PP account. My Google password wasn't very secure, either... My suspicion is that as things were changed in my PP account, emails were intercepted and deleted before I had the chance to view them, then the email changed so any further notifications didn't even get to me. It might sound crazy, but it's the only thing I can think of.
Furthermore, people have asked why the person didn't go after my lines of credit and or other assets. I don't have any. I have crap credit to begin with, so I don't have credit cards with large balances on them, nor have I ever had much money in the bank. So there wasn't really anything for them to go after. Whoever did it knew how much I had in PayPal, and waited for the right time to start removing it.
Beyond that, I have little else to say on the matter. I can't change the minds of those that have condemned me, and I understand that. I also for the record, have not and will not take anything said in this thread personally, nor will I try to debate or argue with anyone. This is a hole I dug myself. I am pathologically incapable of asking for help when I make a mistake, and this time, it's bitten me worse than ever. Instead of coming out with it, I tried to bury it in my own head, and look where it's gotten me.
I will be doing everything in my power to try and fix this situation and make it right. As a gesture of good faith to Yan and the community, I am sending Yan the measly sum of $25 to start with, just what I have in my account. From here on, whether it means getting a list of everyone who donated and refunding them one by one until it's all back in their hands, or my plans of doing Teespring/Kickstarter/Gofundme/sticker sales to raise money for Yan, I will make sure this is someday rectified. I can't apologize large enough to the members of this community for such a transgression, and can only hope to try and rebuild my reputation. All I can say is, I'm sorry. Good god, I'm sorry.
- Josh
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