eBay hack exposes database alongside personal info

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Popular online auction site eBay has reported that it experienced a major incident back in early spring involving their site itself being hacked and compromising their internal database alongside personal information of it's user base. The attackers gained their access through a series of compromised employee accounts, eBay is now warning users to change their passwords. The website is responsible for over $200 billion of global commerce last year alone while being represented in over 1000 cities worldwide.

eBay regrets any inconvenience or concern that this password reset may cause our customers. We know our customers trust us with their information, and we take seriously our commitment to maintaining a safe, secure and trusted global marketplace.eBay


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RinPosted:

I'm never using Ebay after this, I've just started a couple months ago and have had a bad experience due to sellers and fees. This is just ridiculous. I'd close down my account if I could.

SmurfsPosted:

I changed my password about a week ago and luckily it looks like I'm okay.

Mechanize wow, ebay was thought to be secure

Yeah, but luckily stuff like this doens't happen often.

KatsumiPosted:

Well this isn't very good at all for eBay.. thank god i have never been a constant user

CHPPosted:

alot of this stuff has been happaning recently, crazy. glad i was never affected by any

ZipsPosted:

This is a shame to anyone effected, i'm glad i shut my eBay account down last year.

LostPosted:

Glad I'm not very active on ebay anymore. I think it's kinda ridiculous how long it took to tell people about.

PegiPosted:

One Big ouch for eBay. Glad they have a solution.

KixaPosted:

THG Quite suprised that this happened! Hopefully everything is recovered now or soon!


Im am aswell i thought there security is pretty tight, but i guess not.

leiPosted:

Maggardo The other night I got an email from eBay telling me to change my password because of them getting hacked.


Thats the brilliance of not using eBay. I just think Amazon is so much better. Also faster and more reliable.

leiPosted:

Atleast I don't use ebay so i don't need to worry about this.