F**k you eBay

This is on their main page:



It took them some time, but I finally received and email asking to change the password.

This is bullshit e Bay

I think i need to change my password then. Ebay should tell us first and for us not to find out from the news but what does ebay care there still going to make millions of pounds.

jazzc said:

So, in the UK to take a loan, get a CC or create a business entity, you do not need any kind of identification?

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No. Some identity thieves make their own "identification" using those very details. Not sure what you're on about...

ShadeDream said:

No. Some identity thieves make their own "identification" using those very details. Not sure what you're on about...

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Identity theft is a specific thing. It means people use real information and documents (passport, social numbers, identity cards, credit card info - you know, the really private stuff) to make money in your expense - usually taking loans and making business entities for nefarious purposes.

Your date of birth is public info in the UK and searchable online: http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
You (or someone posing as you) can even order a copy the birth certificate online using a vcc: https://www.gov.uk/order-copy-birth-death-marriage-certificate#before-you-start

Now, don't tell me you 're afraid saying "Hi, I 'm First-name Surname" when you introduce yourself because someone may find your (publicly available) dob on the internet?

I understand your frustation, but really? ANYTHING ANYWHERE online (and off...) is vulnerable and subject to compromise no matter how "safe" the 'experts' claim.

Just like Mark Zuckerburg's profile was compromised, so could your profile on Ebay. Hell, i've had my actual bank account compromised!

Ebay sucks for many other reasons IMO, other than this most recent addition.

It's odd to me that we BH'rs get upset about these kind of things when we have an entire forum infested with pure CROOKS and thieves literally (not accusing you or anyone else in particular, however it is a FACT). Seems to me we should be more upset with the low life theives who do this sort of $hit in the first place.

If Ebay didn't exist we'd be talking about some other mega site that got compromised.

See what I mean? Yeah let's start with buying your stolen account...

aldoraine said:

I just hope they didn't get Paypal info. On the flip side, it might be time to hit up the Deep Web and buy some stolen Paypals for cheap.

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eBay had one heck of a week.

They got hacked, then they stopped buying adwords and google demoted all their organic results. Looks like Panda 4.0 is really Ebay 4.LOL

Are you kidding me ???? WTF's this ????
But like BIG MAMAS said, anything online is vulnerable, including EBAY but trust me, i feel for you bud !!!!

yeah. There was no email.. Buh i changed my password anyway

tb303 said:

and allegedly the whole db can be yours for just 1.453 BTC.
http://pastebin.com/vmvjGw3N
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/22/ebay_db_dump_looks_fake/

must be true i read it on teh internets

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The sample data is obviously fake, It is a repost of an old leak from an unknown website, probably a Malaysian website because of too many .my domain extension
the old pastbin can be find here http://archive.today/tPN7t
it has been deleted in pastbin but the mirror copy shows the date of 29 Apr 2013

jazzc said:

Identity theft is a specific thing. It means people use real information and documents (passport, social numbers, identity cards, credit card info - you know, the really private stuff) to make money in your expense - usually taking loans and making business entities for nefarious purposes.

Your date of birth is public info in the UK and searchable online: http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
You (or someone posing as you) can even order a copy the birth certificate online using a vcc: https://www.gov.uk/order-copy-birth-death-marriage-certificate#before-you-start

Now, don't tell me you 're afraid saying "Hi, I 'm First-name Surname" when you introduce yourself because someone may find your (publicly available) dob on the internet?

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I'm not going to bother.

ShadeDream said:

I'm not going to bother.

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You realize that you just did, don't you?

I got the email to change ebay (ebay.in) password today. It looks like their global seller/customer related database got hackscrewed... I also think that the recent US allegation (about some military-level Chinese hackers) could be well related -- of course I'm not sure.

Guess what, I got an email today too. F**king twats! This is why I don't like providing detailed information to such companies when they do not need it.

How to protect from this new "TWO WEEK" attack...
since there is going to be another one REALLY SOON.

Half of American Adults Hacked This Year

Hackers have exposed the personal information of 110 million Americans -- roughly half of the nation's adults -- in the last 12 months alone.

That massive number, tallied for CNNMoney by Ponemon Institute researchers, is made even more mind-boggling by the amount of hacked accounts: up to 432 million.

The exact number of exposed accounts is hard to pin down, because some companies -- such as AOL (AOL) and eBay (EBAY) -- aren't fully transparent about the details of their cyber breaches. But that's the best estimate available with the data tracked by the Identity Theft Resource Center and CNNMoney's own review of corporate disclosures.

The damage is real. Each record typically includes personal information, such as your name, debit or credit card, email, phone number, birthday, password, security questions and physical address.

It's enough to get hunted down by an abusive ex-spouse. It makes you an easier target for scams. And even if only basic information about you is stolen, that can easily be paired with stolen credit card data, empowering impostors.

Cyberattacks are growing so numerous that we're becoming numb to them. Researchers at IT company Unisys (UIS) say we're now experiencing "data-breach fatigue."

Even the most recent numbers make for a dizzying list:

* 70 million Target customers' personal information, plus 40 million credit and debit cards.

* 33 million Adobe user credentials, plus 3.2 million stolen credit and debit cards.

* 4.6 million Snapchat users' account data.

* 3 million payment cards used at Michaels.

* 1.1 million cards from Neiman Marcus.

* "A significant number" of AOL's 120 million account holders.

* Potentially all of eBay's 148 million customers' credentials.

"It's becoming more acute," said Larry Ponemon, head of the Ponemon Institute. "If you're not a data breach victim, you're not paying attention."

So, get accustomed to the hack of the month. In April, that was AOL. In May, it was eBay. Who knows what June will bring?

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/half-of-american-adults-hacked-this-year-150729859.html