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eBay got hacked
What's new, even though it's eBay and we cannot under estimate the power of hackers. When it is a targeted attack, who can stop them? Just have to play safe and change password every now and then...
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; color: #505050; font-family: 'Open Sans', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; background: transparent;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; color: #0000ff; background: transparent;">Are you a eBay user?</span></strong>?˜If you are, please quickly change your passwords as eBay stated that a cyber attack?˜<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; background: transparent;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; color: #0000ff; background: transparent;">has compromised their database</span></strong>?˜containing encrypted passwords. eBay mentioned that it has seen no indication of increased fraudulent account activity. And further mentioned it has no evidence of unauthorized access or compromises to personal or financial information for PayPal users.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; color: #505050; font-family: 'Open Sans', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">eBay users will be notified via email, site communications and other marketing channels to change their password.<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; color: #0000ff; background: transparent;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; background: transparent;">And itŸ??s important to also change the same password used on eBay on other sites too.</strong></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; color: #505050; font-family: 'Open Sans', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; background: transparent;">Reference:</strong></p>
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blog.ebay.com/ebay-inc-ask-ebay-users-change-passwords/
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blog.ebay.com/ebay-inc-ask-ebay-users-change-passwords/
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<a style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; color: #4b4b4b; -webkit-transition: all 300ms ease-in; transition: all 300ms ease-in; background: transparent;" href="
www.cnet.com/news/ebay-hacked-requests-a...rs-change-passwords/
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www.cnet.com/news/ebay-hacked-requests-a...rs-change-passwords/
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<a style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; color: #4b4b4b; -webkit-transition: all 300ms ease-in; transition: all 300ms ease-in; background: transparent;" href="
www.cnet.com/news/ebay-asks-users-to-cha...asswords-after-hack/
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www.cnet.com/news/ebay-asks-users-to-cha...asswords-after-hack/
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