eBay hack

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Some of you may have heard they eBay system was hacked and they will be asking all users to change their password.

although i have to laugh at what they have here http://www.ebayinc.com/in_the_news/story/faq-ebay-password-change

There is no evidence of the compromise affecting accounts for Paypal users, and no evidence of any unauthorized access to personal, financial or credit card information, which is stored separately in encrypted formats. The company is asking all eBay users to change their passwords.


What customer information was accessed?

The attack resulted in unauthorized access to a database of eBay users that included:

· Customer name
· Encrypted password
· Email address
· Physical address
· Phone number
· Date of birth

so they say

no evidence of any unauthorized access to personal, financial or credit card information

but then say

The attack resulted in unauthorized access to a database of eBay users that included:

· Customer name
· Encrypted password
· Email address
· Physical address
· Phone number
· Date of birth

well i would say this is personal information that allows anyone to commit ID theft