Posted by Richard C. on 02/23/07 15:06

I simply changed my pass-word just now.

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"ufo" <ufoexpresso@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Feb 22, 7:08 pm, ufoexpre...@gmail.com wrote:
>> Seems as if an Ebay employee has unwittingly let a load of Ebay IDs
>> and passwords escape onto the web, and Ebay are trying to cover it up
>> under the guise of a 'phishing' scam.
>>
>> 1200 Pages of eBay IDs??? Shill bidders ripping off buyers is bad
>> enough.
>> Now we have a moronic eBay employee giving out our passwords.
>
> Mirror.co.uk proclaims that hundreds of eBay user accounts were hacked
> and then utilized for the systematic defrauding of possibly hundreds
> of eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) users. Details are sketchy but sources have
> provided alleged solid proof that eBay security has been compromised
> in unprecedented scale. The Mirror quotes: "Site user Stephen Reilly,
> 57, said: "They targeted cars, jewelery, artwork and sound systems."
>
> eBay users are ranting (log in required) on the site's discussion
> forums and management is reacting in standard eBay fashion by pulling
> discussion threads and maintaining its practice of routine censorship
> of any information which may cast an ill light upon executive
> leadership. It has even been alleged on various eBay-related blogs
> that eBay is attempting to thwart dissemination of the hacking news
> across the Internet by spamming the search engines with reports about
> the possible sale of Britney Spears' hair on the site.
>
> Where is the eBay Trust and Safety team on this? It's not answering
> questions, indicating that it's selling the old bull line which
> maintains that "isolated incidents" have occurred.
>

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