The delayed notification implies that there is no evidence of bulk loss
of data. Some unauthorized individual accessed the database. You are
supposed to change all passwords at least monthly anyway and use a
different one on each site. <-- this will happen when elephants fly and
the sun rises in the west.
On 05/21/2014 10:35 PM, Jim Nichol wrote:
I have to admit that the email below looks suspicious. But I think the story is
true. Like you, I would NEVER click on a link in an email to logon somewhere.
But I did manually go to eBay and change my password this afternoon.
I found eBay's official statement by first going to eBay.com, then following a
link there to their corporate site at eBayinc.com and found their statement. It
says they are planning to notify its users about stolen personal information,
but didn't say exactly when.
Jim Nichol
On May 21, 2014, at 11:13 PM, john robles <[email protected]> wrote:
This looks suspiciously like a phishing attempt or something...I have no
notification on my ebay account about any sort of breach of security. And I am
always afraid to click a link in an email that warns of a breach! Anyone else
heard about this?? Ebay would notify its members, I'm sure.
John Robles
On Wednesday, May 21, 2014 3:47 PM, Kat Hall <[email protected]> wrote:
WARNING - SECURITY BREACH! Earlier today, eBay announced that a cyber attack
carried out three months ago has compromised customer data, and the company
urged 145 million users of its online commerce platform to change their
passwords in order to protect their personal information.
While they claim the files stolen did not contain financial information
including credit and debit card numbers you can never be too safe so we
strongly urge you to change your password as well if you use the site.
Furthermore, eBay stated it found no evidence of unauthorized access to
financial information at its PayPal payments subsidiary, which encrypts and
stores its data separately.
These security breaches and cyber attacks seem to be happening more and more
and it's important that you are aware of each one so as to protect yourself and
your personal information if you use any and all affected sites and services.
For more info see here:
http://www.cnet.com/news/ebay-hacked-requests-all-users-change-passwords/
From the Desk of
Kat Hall
Executive Assistant to Ms. Smith (Publisher)
Champagne Book Group
Review Coordinator
Author Liaison
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