Hi all. Seems like a good idea to change our passwords, since multiple sources are reporting this morning that eBay has confirmed a cyber attack and will be requesting users to change passwords.

From here: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ebay-asks-users-to-change-passwords-after-cyberattack-2014-05-21

EBay asks users to change passwords after cyberattack

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- EBay Inc. EBAY -1.85% said Wednesday it will ask its users to change passwords after a cyberattack that compromised a database containing encrypted passwords. The online auctioneer said it has no evidence that the attack led to unauthorized access to financial or credit-card information but is working with law-enforcement and security experts. "Changing passwords is a best practice and will help enhance security for eBay users," the company said in a statement. Shares were down 1.4% in premarket trade.

So I changed my password this morning and now they are requiring me to do it again. Apparently everyone has to now and the site is locked up. A million people trying to change their passwords at the same time. The people at eBay are geniuses. What a cluster you know what.

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Have said it before - sometimes dumb people come up with an idea good enough that it can't fail. Doesn't change the fact that they are dumb.

 

I'm looking for Paypal to say something though. thats what CANT get breached.

these darn attacks and becoming worse and more frequent.

 

anyone else going abck to using their PayPal security token (looks like a keyfob...at least the one i have).

 

more info i found.

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/05/ebay-urges-password-changes-after-breach/

 

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eBay is asking users to pick new passwords following a data breach earlier this year that exposed the personal information of an untold number of the auction giant

Yeah I need to go to the security key. Its annoying, but worth it if you don't want to take a chance.

 

Eventually everything is going to have a security key on it.

Yeah I need to go to the security key. Its annoying, but worth it if you don't want to take a chance.

 

Eventually everything is going to have a security key on it.

 

i paid $5 each for two PayPal keyfobs when the concept was introduced.  seems they are around $30 now.  nice..  still worth the price tag unless people have a better option. at least it works on both ebay and paypal now.

 

https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin?cmd=xpt/Marketing_CommandDriven/securitycenter/PayPalSecurityKey-outside&bn_r=o

News keeps getting better if this is true.

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/05/expert-fake-ebay-customer-list-is-bitcoin-bait/

In the wake of eBay