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eBay thought user data was safe

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EBay initially thought that user data was safe following the security breach it fell victim to recently. As it turns out, that wasn’t the case at all; as Reuters noted in a recent report, eBay has now confirmed that personal data belonging to all 145 million of its users was accessed and compromised in the attack, making it one of the biggest breaches of all time.

In other words, change your eBay password immediately if you haven’t already.
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eBay thought user data was safe, but 145 million accounts were compromised in massive hack



I had to change my password yesterday for my eBay account because of this hack. This is also one of the reasons I won't pay bills online, do online banking or allow automatic payments. I started out 20 years ago in IRC chatrooms listening to hackers, and I knew from that point on that they would never secure the internet from them.

Bank of America was trying to brag me too me how good their online security was and I laughed at their rep, saying you're just putting a target on your back. They specifically look for challenges to brag about cracking and selling the info. BOA has been hacked several times since, including by Anonymous.
 
MSM reports eBay passwords breached. I go to my eBay account, nothing.

I sign out, clear the browser cache, go back to eBay, sign in, no messages saying change your password.

Three days later, on the eBay web page, it states something about passwords at the top of their page.

I did change my PW.

I'm now wondering about PayPal accounts. Since that's part of eBay.
 
grip said:
eBay thought user data was safe, but 145 million accounts were compromised in massive hack
I had to change my password yesterday for my eBay account because of this hack. This is also one of the reasons I won't pay bills online, do online banking or allow automatic payments. I started out 20 years ago in IRC chatrooms listening to hackers, and I knew from that point on that they would never secure the internet from them.
Bank of America was trying to brag me too me how good their online security was and I laughed at their rep, saying you're just putting a target on your back. They specifically look for challenges to brag about cracking and selling the info. BOA has been hacked several times since, including by Anonymous.
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I would put forward the hypothesis that there is no way to make data in the net absolutely secure, while keeping it useful.
 
grip said:
eBay thought user data was safe, but 145 million accounts were compromised in massive hack



I had to change my password yesterday for my eBay account because of this hack. This is also one of the reasons I won't pay bills online, do online banking or allow automatic payments. I started out 20 years ago in IRC chatrooms listening to hackers, and I knew from that point on that they would never secure the internet from them.

Bank of America was trying to brag me too me how good their online security was and I laughed at their rep, saying you're just putting a target on your back. They specifically look for challenges to brag about cracking and selling the info. BOA has been hacked several times since, including by Anonymous.
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Thanks for this... I just changed my password for eBay because you let me know. Again, thanks. :thanks:
 
AJiveMan said:
MSM reports eBay passwords breached. I go to my eBay account, nothing.

I sign out, clear the browser cache, go back to eBay, sign in, no messages saying change your password.

Three days later, on the eBay web page, it states something about passwords at the top of their page.

I did change my PW.

I'm now wondering about PayPal accounts. Since that's part of eBay.
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I only sign up and use PayPal when some site/service requires them for payment, then I close the account.

I try to leave a small footprint and use anti tracking ware. ID theft is a nightmare to deal with and the abuser only needs a few pieces of personal info to compromise you.


joG said:
I would put forward the hypothesis that there is no way to make data in the net absolutely secure, while keeping it useful.
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Where there's a lock with public access, someone will always want to crack it.
 
Beaudreaux said:
Thanks for this... I just changed my password for eBay because you let me know. Again, thanks. :thanks:
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I had an active item being auctioned, when I got a notice from them that I had to change my password to log on. So, apparently, they were more interested in active users being compromised. You're welcome. :)
 
I didn't need to change. Since Paypal closed my account a couple of years ago, there is nothing to steal from me on Ebay.
 
grip said:
eBay thought user data was safe, but 145 million accounts were compromised in massive hack



I had to change my password yesterday for my eBay account because of this hack. This is also one of the reasons I won't pay bills online, do online banking or allow automatic payments. I started out 20 years ago in IRC chatrooms listening to hackers, and I knew from that point on that they would never secure the internet from them.

Bank of America was trying to brag me too me how good their online security was and I laughed at their rep, saying you're just putting a target on your back. They specifically look for challenges to brag about cracking and selling the info. BOA has been hacked several times since, including by Anonymous.
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I understand your concern, but it's kind of futile. Banks, retailers, etc all store your data on computers that are accessible via the internet.
 
sangha said:
I understand your concern, but it's kind of futile. Banks, retailers, etc all store your data on computers that are accessible via the internet.
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Yeah, but it's buried in a database of millions upon millions. I try to keep my numbers/info off active pages being viewed online. I know a guy who's paid bills online for himself and his business, since it was available. And though he's had several viruses, he's never had an issue with his accounts. Another friend of mine is as careful as me and had his identity stolen, so it's hit and miss, but I'd rather err on the side of caution.


The bank might cover any stolen funds or credit cards used, but it's not an easy process to clean up.
 
sangha said:
I understand your concern, but it's kind of futile. Banks, retailers, etc all store your data on computers that are accessible via the internet.
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Yes, doing business over the internet is such a good thing. not.

You browsed cars yesterday, now car ads are on the other websites you visit. how nice. :roll:
 
grip said:
Yeah, but it's buried in a database of millions upon millions. I try to keep my numbers/info off active pages being viewed online. I know a guy who's paid bills online for himself and his business, since it was available. And though he's had several viruses, he's never had an issue with his accounts. Another friend of mine is as careful as me and had his identity stolen, so it's hit and miss, but I'd rather err on the side of caution.


The bank might cover any stolen funds or credit cards used, but it's not an easy process to clean up.
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Nothing wrong with being careful. I also limit my online financial transactions. But being "buried in a database of millions upon millions" doesn't help. After all, your online transactions are also one amongst millions.

AJiveMan said:
Yes, doing business over the internet is such a good thing. not.


You browsed cars yesterday, now car ads are on the other websites you visit. how nice. :roll:
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I wasn't saying that it's good or bad. I was just pointing out that not doing business on the internet doesn't prevent them from stealing your info
 
My solution is much more basic.


Be broke.


It's been working pretty good so far.
 
sangha said:
Nothing wrong with being careful. I also limit my online financial transactions. But being "buried in a database of millions upon millions" doesn't help. After all, your online transactions are also one amongst millions.
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True, online transactions aren't so much a target, because they're looking for bulk info on bank acct's, credit cards and personal info. But they rarely get ALL the info out of a database, before it gets to be either too much or noticed.
 
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