Ebay being Hacked

[tinmanausoz]

I'm out of this. I have been a member since 2001. I do not believe that Ebay have demonstrated to me that this is a serious issue. Just saying that I need to change my password is not enough for me. What is the point in changing my password after my information has been taken already. At any rate, the hackers did it once, they know how to better Ebay.

[jerryman12a]

The security breach happend months ago . Was ebay slack in informing people ? Probably .

If your account has been fine then changing your password now is just a usual method you should adopt on any website . Changing passwords frequently is just an added security for any account.

[extra-keen]

Hi Brushtails.

Yes it is truly appauling that this has happened. I do believe though that ebay will (if they want to stay in business) thoroughly investigate and put in place security so that this can't happen again.

The other most unfortunate thing is that it is really REALLY hurting all the thousands and thousands of small Australian businesses, that are often individuals just trying to make a living.

[tinmanausoz]

I have removed my credit card details and bank account details from Paypal. When Ebay can demonstrate that they are a secure site to deal from, then I may reconsider. Yes it is unfortunate that many a small operation will suffer from this. But the writting was always on the wall that one day hackers would go for such a cash cow as Paypal.

[wendy9456]

I thought PAYPAL was supposedly unaffected just eBay that has hacked??? A worry I guess if you use the same password for both sites as I suppose which I did not fortunately.

[tinmanausoz]

It is my opinion that many people do use the same password for Ebay as well as Paypal. I'm fairly confident that hackers want more out of this than our addresses and phone numbers.

[extra-keen]

It has been common knowledge for a long time that using the same password for multiple sites is very unhealthy. Yes it is a pain, but the internet is here to stay and it is up to us to protect ourselves as much as possible. It is one of the reasons I come here to the boards so often. There are some amazing members who happily share their knowledge and experience.

There are quite a few things that you can do to help protect yourself on the internet.

Probably one of the best when it comes to buying is to open a credit card account at a bank you don't have your main accounts with. Put a spend limit on it of $1,000 and make sure there are no links between that credit card and any other of your banking accounts.

Another is to change your passwords fairly regularly.

It is just another way of making it more difficult for the internet thieves to get a hold of your funds - in particular.

[phorum_junkie*]

There has been absolutely no evidence that anyone has been compromised by the ebay hack, all passwords are encrypted and unless the hackers can get past that the information is useless. Paypal is an entirely different site and even though it is owned by ebay there is not way a hack of one site could effect the other.

The hack happened way back in February so if the hacker had been able to do anything with the limited amount of information they garnered thwey would have done so by now.

Your financial security is far more at risk when using your card in a cash machine or store or putting things like bank statements in the trash bin without shredding them first.

Please refer to my statement below!

[trusteduserid]

The hack happened way back in February so if the hacker had been able to do anything with the limited amount of information they garnered they would have done so by now.

Flash news update!!

eBay Killer still at Large!!

The recent hack on eBay's defenseless defense systems has now seen 20 people murdered. The hackers have obtained the address of many eBay users, the killer is still on the large. All eBay users that have made transactions between January~February are advised to lock all doors and take safety precautions at all times.

Just joking, makes you wonder though.

[davewil1964]

it does indeed.

Especially when changing your password will invalidate any decrypted previous password. Which is probably the point of the exercise.