If youhave an ebay account.........

[udtrev]

Change your password - they have been hacked

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27503290

Trev

 

[Mooresey]

Yeah 6 weeks ago and yet that wait to tell everyone.

Changed mine.

Problems they have names, addresses and date of birth if you put it down.

 

[SeanW]

Got a text from my Dad about it earlier, so changed it (Which I should have done sooner...my ex was the one that set that password for me temporarily whilst I was away...oops lol)

Biggest surprise for me was that my Dad knew what eBay was and that I have an account!

 

[dave]

how come its all over the news, but ebay still havent sent me a message

 

[Ziggy122]

how come its all over the news, but ebay still havent sent me a message

Snap

ziggy

 

[Gavv8]

Can't be bothered, transactions are covered by Paypal and/or the bank anyway.

 

[RuSZ]

Can't be bothered, transactions are covered by Paypal and/or the bank anyway.

not always. if you've supplied your card details to a website, the banks cant always do anything about it. even if the transaction is fraudulent.

I see it all the time... I work for one of the biggest banks in the world.

I often see people who had transactions done on iTunes/Xbox Live/Sony Store, where because the person has supplied the card details to the website and the account was used fraudulently, its down to the retailer to refund, not the bank

 

[Gavv8]

By their own terms and conditions PayPal are bound to protect you against fraudulent account use.

 

[RuSZ]

PayPal aren't a bank...

I did specifically say banks and "not always"

People who use there card directly aren't protected.

 

[Gavv8]

PayPal aren't a bank...

I did specifically say banks and "not always"

People who use there card directly aren't protected.

A fair point, I'd be interested to know the percentage of account holders who don't use PayPal.

 

[dave]

i still haven't had a message from ebay or seen an ebay employee on the news, how do we know its real?

 

[scout]

i still haven't had a message from ebay or seen an ebay employee on the news, how do we know its real?

There's a message on my Facebook home page, but it's too late 'cos I've already done it.

 

[RuSZ]

This is the emil.

Glad I only reset my password last week any because I forgot it...

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
President, eBay Marketplaces

 

[RuSZ]

A fair point, I'd be interested to know the percentage of account holders who don't use PayPal.

Plus bank details are nothing without certain details..

Remember the details stolen are;

Address, date of birth, name, telephone numbers, etc...

That's all you need to apply for credit in someone else's name and commit much worse fraud than taking money from your account.

Change your password if you value your credit history, or don't if you like playing risk

 

[ChrisUK]

They can do what they want with mine lol. Wonga.com have made damn sure I won't get credit for another 4 years lol.

 

[Focus Owner]

you got a loan with wonga?

 

[ChrisUK]

No don't be silly someone used my details. Nearly 2 years on and it's still on my credit file despite writing to experian and getting a police CRN.

 

[Focus Owner]

No don't be silly someone used my details. Nearly 2 years on and it's still on my credit file despite writing to experian and getting a police CRN.

wonder if you could sue wonga for some crap, probability wouldn't even show up in a civil court

deformation of charictor or some crap