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Ebay Hacked, User Info Posted
An anonymous reader writes "This morning a hacker posted the personal contact information and credit card data of 1,200 ebay users on the eBay.com Trust & Saftey forums. eBay pulled the Trust & Safety forums off line, but not before one user made a video of the hacked forums and posted it on youtube.com. eBay response is on the eBay chatter page, and seems to try and down play this "fraudster"'s activity."
You stoopid idiots!
I've seen too many incidents of hackers gaining access into the eBay admin systems - forum takeovers, listing problems, and such.
Is it so hard to audit your network, code, and such? Well, yes - it takes WORK. Not only is it required for Sabanes-Oaxly, but I would think that risking a huge business like this would be enough of a motivator.
I'd love to say I'm special, as I am a security engineer, but come on! There's thousands of geeks with the background to clean this up. Get Crackin!
I said no... but I missed and it came out yes.
If eBay or whoever hadn't fucked up, they wouldn't KNOW my password!
I have to say though, what do you care if your CC was used? You call and get the charges reversed. The CC company can then either investigate the problem or write it off. If you get your panties in a bunch about giving out your CC, just use disposable ones.