Alan Henry wrote about this matter yesterday morning, in Lifehacker: "
eBay Hacked, Change Your Passwords Now" (May 21, 2014, 7:05 am):
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"Attackers made off with names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, and of course, encrypted passwords. eBay explained that financial info like credit card numbers and other sensitive data (like PayPal accounts) are kept in a separate encrypted database which wasn't compromised. They also said they've found no evidence of unauthorized access or activity by registered eBay users—which is code for "we don't think anyone's used these passwords yet." According to the statement, intruders compromised employee accounts first, and used their access to get the data they really wanted. They discovered the breach about two weeks ago, but the actual attack took place back in late February and early March."
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Hackers made off with sufficient information to do a lot of damage, identity theft-wise. And given the closeknit nature of PayPal and eBay, I changed my info at BOTH sites (but won't use either ever again, going forward). Shame on eBay for not warning clients sooner! I'm still awaiting their email "informing" me of the breach and advising me to change my password, and according to
today's news reports, I'm in good company.
I so agree with the title, tone, and content of Angus Kidman's Lifehacker Australia article: "
eBay Demonstrates How Not To Handle Being Hacked" (May 21, 2014, 6:30 am).