TechnikNews Weekly # 105: Samsung data breach, weird PayPal debits and more

The actual MWC 2020 would have taken place last week - this one TechnikNews Weekly, of course, is also a topic. Nevertheless, some manufacturers held their events as planned. That and more in this weekly roundup.
Another week has passed, even with an extra day in February. We hope you made good use of the mystical February 29th and present yourselves in this one TechnikNews Weekly now the highlights of the past week.
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Samsung data breach: Login to third-party accounts possible
At the beginning of this week it became known that there was a data breach at Samsung. So it should have been possible to log into someone else's accounts for a while. No special knowledge was required for this: if you tried to log into your own account, you were simply logged into a third party. That was of course not particularly beneficial for Samsung after a glitch where numerous users received "1 1" as a notification.
Unknown direct debit from PayPal
The news a day earlier was about another technical failure. Numerous users reported that money had been debited from their accounts. These debits went from Google Pay via PayPal to recipients such as "TARGET" or other unknown names. PayPal has already confirmed that the problem has been resolved. However, there are still users who report the same problem and that this security gap still exists at PayPal. So there is no all-clear yet. You can read what you can do in our article:
Set up Windows 10 with an offline account
An annoying problem: more and more services require an account. This is now also the case with Microsoft, and so you can no longer set up your own computer without a Microsoft account. David was also aware of this and published a guide for you this week. In it, he explains in detail how you can set up Windows 10 without an account. It's not even that difficult - read it yourself:
TechnikNews Weekly: More articles this week
All articles that are not in the above TechnikNews Weekly are available for you to read in chronological order below.
- Sony Xperia 1 II, Xperia 10 II and Xperia L4 presented
- Huawei Mate Xs: Foldable smartphone presented for 2.500 euros
- Huawei introduces MatePad Pro: The iPad Pro clone?
- Huawei MateBook X Pro (2020), MateBook 13/14 (2020) and MateBook D14/D15 shown