eBay Board Hacked - You Might Want to Change Passwords...

[ShortClara]

I hope this is OK to post and that this is the correct place. Just read on the vintage board another board was hacked and for a while it displayed about a thousand users' personal info including complete credit card info.

I just changed my passwords... you might want to too. Here's the link to the thread.

 

[ShortClara]

OK, some eBayers have tried to make at least a partial list of people whose account info was compromised. Here's a link to one page also on the vintie board. Look for your ID.

Here's a brief article about the hack.

 

[Feraud]

Thanks for the update!

 

[Marc Chevalier]

"The bigger they are, the harder they fall." :eusa_doh:

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[PrettySquareGal]

OMG! Here's more:

http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y07/m09/i25/s00

And thanks!

 

[ShortClara]

Well, if yours was posted, then watch your credit card. Although if they got access to some, I'm sure all of ours might be out there somewhere. Just pay attention to the card you have of file with eBay (if any) for odd usage. :rage:

 

[PrettySquareGal]

Update:

Update 9/25/07 3:20 pm Eastern:
eBay spokesperson Nichola Sharpe said Tuesday afternoon that posts made on the Trust & Safety board early this morning contained name and contact information for 1,200 eBay members and called the person posting the information a "malicious fraudster." She said the incident was not the result of a security breach from eBay and could have been obtained as part of an account takeover.

Sharpe said the credit card information contained in the posts were not associated with financial information on file for those users at eBay or PayPal. The company is in the process of proactively contacting members by phone, "so that if the information is valid somehow - regardless how this fraudster acquired the information - these members can take the steps they need to take to protect themselves."

eBay has temporarily blocked community access to the Trust and Safety discussion forum, Sharpe said, and informed the community of the incident via the eBay Chatter blog (http://www.ebaychatter.com/the_chatter/2007/09/trust-safety-fo.html).

"Our Trust and Safety team is continuing to closely monitor this situation," Sharpe said.

Meanwhile, users are spooked by the posts and some are critical of eBay's response. A YouTube member going by the name of "cappnonymous" posted a video showing the eBay Trust & Safety board posts, titling the submission, "ebaY Major Hack AttacK! User's Data Posted On Ebay T&S Bd" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q9m2iFsz9M).

NOTE: Please check back during the day as we will update this story as it develops.

Also see the AuctionBytes blog:
http://tinyurl.com/24xssx

 

[carter]

Thanks for this posting.

I just changed my password and security question.

 

[Foofoogal]

Super. Thanks. Changed all. Sandy

 

[Dracca]

This is probably a stupid question but can someone please give me directions as to how to change a password there? I found and changed my secret question and I see the places to change the credit card info, address, etc...but I can't for the life of me find the password change area?

*edit* Nevermind I found it now, I must be blind I looked over it probably 5 times.

 

[Fletch]

Yeek

I'm not on any of the hacker's lists, but I changed my p/w just to say, "#$!! you and your stinkin' canoe!"