eBay Advise Change Your Password

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Ebay has been hacked and are advising members to change their passwords asap.

http://www.ebay.com.au/reset?_trkparms= ... 9059520187

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Has anyone actually received an email advising them of this? I've read about it everywhere but there is no mention on eBay's website, nor have I received an email from them about this.

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Email was only a confirmation of p/w change.

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I have no messages from ebay either in "From ebay" or "High priority".

However there are notifications in "All general announcements"

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http://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Motors/ ... 54937#M737

It isn't a hoax, it is VERY real...

Cheers


Richard

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And there is a notice on the front page of ebay http://www.ebay.com.au/

Because your password is encrypted (even we don’t know what it is), we believe your eBay account is secure. But we don’t want to take any chances.

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And there is a notice on the front page of ebay http://www.ebay.com.au/

Weird, I'm not seeing it. Perhaps my ad blocker is blocking it...

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Weird, I'm not seeing it. Perhaps my ad blocker is blocking it...

http://www.ebay.com.au/reset?_trkparms= ... 8281522632

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That is one reason why here in New Zealand the largest auction site is Trademe http://www.trademe.co.nz/ far superior to eBay

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They right on the ball,got hacked in Feb and issuing warnings in May.
I think if there was anything to worry about it would have already happened.

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Has anyone actually received an email advising them of this? I've read about it everywhere but there is no mention on eBay's website, nor have I received an email from them about this.

Its in your message box from ebay and high priority

EBay said client information including emails, addresses and birthdays, was stolen in a hacking attack between late February and early March

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EBay said client information including emails, addresses and birthdays, was stolen in a hacking attack between late February and early March

http://www.ebay.com.au/reset?_trkparms= ... 7680603783 states, in part:

"a cyberattack that compromised our eBay user database, which contained your encrypted password."

Dare I say, "So what."

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"a cyberattack that compromised our eBay user database, which contained your encrypted password."

Dare I say, "So what."

You might not think it an important loss, but you should follow their advice and change your password quickly. Of course, that doesn't totally overcome the lost information.

Owen

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IMPORTANT: PASSWORD UPDATE
Dear eBay Member,
To help ensure customers' trust and security on eBay, I am asking all eBay users to change their passwords.
Here's why: Recently, our company discovered a cyberattack on our corporate information network. This attack compromised a database containing eBay user passwords.
What's important for you to know: We have no evidence that your financial information was accessed or compromised. And your password was encrypted.
What I ask of you:
Go to eBay and change your password. Changing your password may be inconvenient. I realize that. We are doing everything we can to protect your data and changing your password is an extra precautionary step, in addition to the other security measures we have in place.
If you have only visited eBay as a guest user, we do not have a password on file.
If you used the same eBay password on any other site, I encourage you to change your password on those sites too. And if you are a PayPal user, we have no evidence that this attack affected your PayPal account or any PayPal financial information, which is encrypted and stored on a separate secure network.
Here are other steps we are taking: •As always, we have strong protections in place for both buyers and sellers in the event of any unauthorized activity on your account.
•We are applying additional security to protect our customers.
•We are working with law enforcement and leading security experts to aggressively investigate the matter.

Here's what we know: This attack occurred between late February and early March and resulted in unauthorized access to a database of eBay users that includes customers' name, encrypted password, email address, physical address, phone number and date of birth.
However, the file did not contain financial information. And, after conducting extensive testing and analysis of our systems, we have no evidence that any customer financial or credit card information was involved. We also have no indication of a significant spike in fraudulent activity on our site.
We apologize for any inconvenience or concern that this situation may cause you. As a global marketplace, nothing is more important to eBay than the security and trust of our customers. We know our customers have high expectations of us, and we are committed to ensuring a safe and secure online experience for you on any connected device.
Devin Wenig Signature
Devin Wenig
President, eBay Marketplaces

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B/S

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That is one reason why here in New Zealand the largest auction site is Trademe http://www.trademe.co.nz/ far superior to eBay

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Has anyone actually received an email advising them of this? I've read about it everywhere but there is no mention on eBay's website, nor have I received an email from them about this.

I received an email from them. As usual I did NOT click any links in the email (this can often lead you to a 3rd party site to phish your login details). I browsed to their site manually and updated my password.

Plus there are banners to the same effect splashed all over their website..