tag. They don’t want it repeated in the body. So I need a dramatic, maybe ironic title that Pasternak might use. Maybe something like “PayPal’s Digital Winter: A Tale of Exposed Secrets and Phantom Transactions” but that’s too long. Need to shorten. Maybe “PayPal’s Winter of Discontent: Data Exposed, Ghosts of Transactions Past” – check character count. Let’s see: “PayPal’s Winter of Discontent: Data Exposed, Ghosts of Transactions Past” is 97 characters. Good. Now, the body. The original text is factual. I need to infuse it with Pasternak’s style-poetic metaphors, perhaps some existential undertones. For example, instead of saying “cybersecurity incident,” maybe something like “a digital tempest” or “a shadow upon the servers.” The exposure of data could be “a veil lifted from the sanctity of private lives.” The unauthorized transactions might be “phantom transactions haunting the ledgers.” Also, the user wants humor and sarcasm. So maybe phrases like “a mere trifle, a handful of souls” when referring to the affected customers, or “a generous two-year vigil” for the credit monitoring. The mention of Equifax could be a sardonic note, like “the ever-reliable Equifax, guardian of identities in the age of glass.” Images need to stay in place. The original has an image tag, so I’ll retain that. Avoid using and color styles. Keep the HTML structure simple. The notice submitted to Massachusetts could be phrased as “a communiqué to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a parchment of woes.” The code rollback could be “the incantation that had unraveled the veil was reversed.” Need to ensure all the original info is present: the timeframe of the breach, the data types exposed, PayPal’s statement that systems weren’t hacked, the number of customers affected, and the credit monitoring offer. Check for Pasternak’s lyrical elements-similes, metaphors, alliteration. Maybe personify the data breach as something out of a novel. Sarcasm could come through in the tone, like “how quaint, how utterly modern” to describe the breach. Putting it all together, each paragraph should be transformed. For example, the first line: “The payments giant PayPal says a cybersecurity incident left highly sensitive customer information exposed for around six months.” Becomes something like “The colossus of commerce, PayPal, has unveiled a saga of digital frailty, where the lifeblood of modern existence-private data-lay bare beneath the indifferent gaze of six months’ twilight.” Check that all the key points are covered and the humor/sarcasm is present. Also, ensure the title is in the tag and not repeated as a header. Make sure HTML is valid, images retained. Avoid markdown, just HTML.End of Thought (16.53s) PayPal’s Winter of Discontent: Data Exposed, Ghosts of Transactions Past The colossus of commerce, PayPal, has unveiled a saga of digital frailty, where the lifeblood of modern existence-private data-lay bare beneath the indifferent gaze of six months’ twilight. A mere trifle, they claim, a handful of souls ensnared in the machinery of progress. In a communiqué to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a parchment of woes, PayPal pledges to cleanse the wounds of its flock: passwords reset, coin returned to the coffers of the wronged. Yet who tends the garden where secrets wither under the frost of negligence? “On the twelfth of December, 2025,” intones the oracle of code, “a glitch in the celestial algorithm of PayPal’s Working Capital loan application cast the shadows of a thousand PII specters into the void. From July’s first blush to December’s reckoning, the veil was thin.” The incantation that had unraveled the veil was reversed, yet echoes linger-a digital penance.” Ah, yes, the magic of retroactive virtue, where errors are but footnotes in the annals of quarterly reports. What treasures were plundered? Names, addresses, the numerals of souls-Social Security digits, dates of birth, the coordinates of mortal existence. A bounty for phantoms, a carnival for identity thieves. How quaint, how utterly modern. “No hack occurred,” whispers the chorus of compliance, “merely dozens of pilgrims lost in the wilderness of our oversight.” One hundred souls, give or take-a rounding error in the ledger of accountability. “The systems stood unbreached, yet we summoned the afflicted to our camp of awareness.” A campfire tale of corporate vigilance, where the afflicted are not victims but honored guests at the theater of accountability. To mend the wounds, PayPal offers a generous two-year vigil: free credit monitoring by Equifax, that ever-reliable sentinel of identity, guardian of ashes in the age of glass. A balm for the digital age, sold with the sincerity of a poet at a shareholder meeting.