Comments on: Was My eBay Account Hacked? http://cybernetnews.com/was-my-ebay-account-hacked/ Technology News Sun, 27 May 2012 18:53:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: jimhttp://cybernetnews.com/was-my-ebay-account-hacked/#comment-153559 jim Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:13:29 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/09/27/was-my-ebay-account-hacked/#comment-153559 well thats funny i dont put any information out to any emails i dont click pop ups or anything but when i contacted ebay sense my password was (randomly) just changed they failed to mention that ebay has been hacked not to mention the lady i talked to was a fucking idiot EBAYS security sucks they ended up doing nothing. I have stuff up for sale more than 20 items and they couldnt even tell me if the money was going to be transferred to my paypal acct. or if it was changed i had to do it myself EBAYS SECURITY IS HORRIBLE well thats funny i dont put any information out to any emails i dont click pop ups or anything but when i contacted ebay sense my password was (randomly) just changed they failed to mention that ebay has been hacked not to mention the lady i talked to was a fucking idiot EBAYS security sucks they ended up doing nothing. I have stuff up for sale more than 20 items and they couldnt even tell me if the money was going to be transferred to my paypal acct. or if it was changed i had to do it myself EBAYS SECURITY IS HORRIBLE

]]> By: Ryanhttp://cybernetnews.com/was-my-ebay-account-hacked/#comment-116489 Ryan Sat, 29 Sep 2007 03:36:37 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/09/27/was-my-ebay-account-hacked/#comment-116489 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-116392" rel="nofollow">Laban wrote:</a><blockquote>I notice that any mention of this is completely absent from Ebay’s pages. They act as if this never happened. This is complete rubbish and they should be exposed for their lack of customer protection and care.</blockquote></div> To be honest I wouldn't expect them to plaster it all over their site. That would be like them admitting that their security sucks, and the last thing they want to do is make their users feel threatened by being members. Laban wrote:
I notice that any mention of this is completely absent from Ebay’s pages. They act as if this never happened. This is complete rubbish and they should be exposed for their lack of customer protection and care.

To be honest I wouldn’t expect them to plaster it all over their site. That would be like them admitting that their security sucks, and the last thing they want to do is make their users feel threatened by being members.

]]> By: Labanhttp://cybernetnews.com/was-my-ebay-account-hacked/#comment-116392 Laban Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:52:05 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/09/27/was-my-ebay-account-hacked/#comment-116392 I notice that any mention of this is completely absent from Ebay's pages. They act as if this never happened. This is complete rubbish and they should be exposed for their lack of customer protection and care. I notice that any mention of this is completely absent from Ebay’s pages. They act as if this never happened. This is complete rubbish and they should be exposed for their lack of customer protection and care.

]]> By: Amakhttp://cybernetnews.com/was-my-ebay-account-hacked/#comment-116382 Amak Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:39:14 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/09/27/was-my-ebay-account-hacked/#comment-116382 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-116362" rel="nofollow">Ryan wrote:</a><blockquote><div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-116329" rel="nofollow">Mohan wrote:</a><blockquote>Thank god my name isn’t on the list, and this happened two weeks after I created my account also…tisk…tisk! I sure hope eBay is top of this and do some security upgrades. :x</blockquote></div>That was my initial reaction as well. I wonder what eBay will actually do to make it up to these people if it was actually a breach in their own security.<div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-116332" rel="nofollow">dtanderson wrote:</a><blockquote>It probably was not a hack. They probably got a hold of all of those accounts via phishing.</blockquote></div> That would have to be a heck of a phishing scam to collect that much information!</blockquote></div>Not everyone on eBay knows about phishing scams, unfortunately. I'm sure a good percentage would easily fall for one. I'm so glad my mom comes to me whenever something looks suspicious. Ryan wrote:
Mohan wrote:
Thank god my name isn’t on the list, and this happened two weeks after I created my account also…tisk…tisk! I sure hope eBay is top of this and do some security upgrades. :x

That was my initial reaction as well. I wonder what eBay will actually do to make it up to these people if it was actually a breach in their own security.

dtanderson wrote:
It probably was not a hack. They probably got a hold of all of those accounts via phishing.

That would have to be a heck of a phishing scam to collect that much information!

Not everyone on eBay knows about phishing scams, unfortunately. I’m sure a good percentage would easily fall for one. I’m so glad my mom comes to me whenever something looks suspicious.

]]> By: Ashleyhttp://cybernetnews.com/was-my-ebay-account-hacked/#comment-116377 Ashley Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:25:22 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/09/27/was-my-ebay-account-hacked/#comment-116377 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-116329" rel="nofollow">Mohan wrote:</a><blockquote>Thank god my name isn’t on the list, and this happened two weeks after I created my account also…tisk…tisk! I sure hope eBay is top of this and do some security upgrades. :x</blockquote></div> No kidding... I'm sure lots of people were happy to see their user ID missing from the list! Mohan wrote:
Thank god my name isn’t on the list, and this happened two weeks after I created my account also…tisk…tisk! I sure hope eBay is top of this and do some security upgrades. :x

No kidding… I’m sure lots of people were happy to see their user ID missing from the list!

]]> By: Ryanhttp://cybernetnews.com/was-my-ebay-account-hacked/#comment-116362 Ryan Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:44:20 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/09/27/was-my-ebay-account-hacked/#comment-116362 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-116329" rel="nofollow">Mohan wrote:</a><blockquote>Thank god my name isn’t on the list, and this happened two weeks after I created my account also…tisk…tisk! I sure hope eBay is top of this and do some security upgrades. :x</blockquote></div> That was my initial reaction as well. I wonder what eBay will actually do to make it up to these people if it was actually a breach in their own security.<div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-116332" rel="nofollow">dtanderson wrote:</a><blockquote>It probably was not a hack. They probably got a hold of all of those accounts via phishing.</blockquote></div> That would have to be a heck of a phishing scam to collect that much information! Mohan wrote:
Thank god my name isn’t on the list, and this happened two weeks after I created my account also…tisk…tisk! I sure hope eBay is top of this and do some security upgrades. :x

That was my initial reaction as well. I wonder what eBay will actually do to make it up to these people if it was actually a breach in their own security.

dtanderson wrote:
It probably was not a hack. They probably got a hold of all of those accounts via phishing.

That would have to be a heck of a phishing scam to collect that much information!

]]> By: dtandersonhttp://cybernetnews.com/was-my-ebay-account-hacked/#comment-116332 dtanderson Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:40:30 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/09/27/was-my-ebay-account-hacked/#comment-116332 It probably was not a hack. They probably got a hold of all of those accounts via phishing. It probably was not a hack. They probably got a hold of all of those accounts via phishing.

]]> By: Mohanhttp://cybernetnews.com/was-my-ebay-account-hacked/#comment-116329 Mohan Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:26:07 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/09/27/was-my-ebay-account-hacked/#comment-116329 Thank god my name isn't on the list, and this happened two weeks after I created my account also...tisk...tisk! I sure hope eBay is top of this and do some security upgrades. :x Thank god my name isn’t on the list, and this happened two weeks after I created my account also…tisk…tisk! I sure hope eBay is top of this and do some security upgrades. :x

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