No doubt they are "circling the wagons" for legal reasons at a minimum. They certainly could have informed people sooner, but transparency isn't something high on the list of most big businesses; caution is. While protecting your own economics, you roll out the least you can in hopes of satisfying people and the law. The more interesting thing for me in the link that Bruce provided, is just what a continually reduced amount of eBay business is defined through auctions.
From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of filip de volder Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 7:56 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] ebay security i doubt eBay will gain any good feeling from sellers ... i'm still an eBay seller but they are really blowing it , no negative/neutral feedback for bidders years ago , then 10% fees on postage costs , the french eBay site didn't take a fee on postage costs when eBay.com started but they recently announced they'll put that in place too and the way they try to motivate it is so insulting to the intelligence of sellers , it's like a bird crapping on your head . filip _____ Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 04:49:10 -0500 From: brucehershen...@gmail.com <mailto:brucehershen...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [MOPO] ebay security To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU <mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> Now that eBay sees they can't sweep this under the table and forget it, they have taken a REALLY weird action! They recognize that many auctions were affected by bidders who forgot to change their passwords on snipe programs, and they have announced that any seller can cancel auction transactions for an 11-day period! Of course, this will infuriate the high bidders on those items, who rightfully won, and now are having those items taken away from them (it is up to the seller to decide, and of course they will cancel any result they deem too low, regardless of whether there were any missed bids at all). While this may gain eBay some good feeling from auction sellers, it will likely be more than offset from bad feelings from auction bidders, but I suspect the main reason for this is to protect themselves from seller lawsuits. Read more about it here: http://www.ecommercebytes.com/C/blog/blog.pl?/pl/2014/5/1401148464.html On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 6:41 AM, Bruce Hershenson <brucehershen...@gmail.com <mailto:brucehershen...@gmail.com> > wrote: "eBay came under renewed pressure today over a massive cyber attack as three US states began investigating the e-commerce company's security practices. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman requested eBay provide free credit monitoring for everyone affected, according to a person familiar with the matter." See the full article here: http://www.itnews.com.au/News/386257%2cus-states-to-investigate-ebay-securit y-practices.aspx On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 3:12 AM, filip de volder <runbuffy...@hotmail.com <mailto:runbuffy...@hotmail.com> > wrote: "This attack occurred between late February and early March " right , guess we might change our names and addresses too to be safe ? _____ Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 20:21:33 -0400 From: 000000326bbd94f8-dmarc-requ...@listserv.american.edu <mailto:000000326bbd94f8-dmarc-requ...@listserv.american.edu> Subject: Re: [MOPO] ebay security To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU <mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> u forgot................. credit card info! In a message dated 5/24/2014 8:18:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, brucehershen...@gmail.com <mailto:brucehershen...@gmail.com> writes: They not only got your encrypted password, they ALSO got your "name, email address, physical address, phone number and date of birth". The hackers can certainly use THAT other info to request lost passwords, etc, on other sites you are registered on. On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 7:09 PM, Michael B <000000326bbd94f8-dmarc-requ...@listserv.american.edu <mailto:000000326bbd94f8-dmarc-requ...@listserv.american.edu> > wrote: ebay is requiring that everyone change their passwords. read below. remember to change your Snipe Service info. yikes. michael _____ Sent: 5/24/2014 7:09:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time Subj: Important - eBay Password Reset Required Important - eBay Password Reset Required <http://p.ebaystatic.com/aw/site/globalcommlogo_132x49.png> IMPORTANT: PASSWORD UPDATE Dear eBay Member, To help ensure customers' trust and security on eBay, I am asking all eBay users to change their passwords. Here's why: Recently, our company discovered a cyberattack on our corporate information network. This attack compromised a database containing eBay user passwords. What's important for you to know: We have no evidence that your financial information was accessed or compromised. And your password was encrypted. What I ask of you: Go to eBay and change your password. Changing your password may be inconvenient. I realize that. We are doing everything we can to protect your data and changing your password is an extra precautionary step, in addition to the other security measures we have in place. If you have only visited eBay as a guest user, we do not have a password on file. If you used the same eBay password on any other site, I encourage you to change your password on those sites too. And if you are a PayPal user, we have no evidence that this attack affected your PayPal account or any PayPal financial information, which is encrypted and stored on a separate secure network. Here are other steps we are taking: * As always, we have strong protections in place for both buyers and sellers in the event of any unauthorized activity on your account. * We are applying additional security to protect our customers. * We are working with law enforcement and leading security experts to aggressively investigate the matter. Here's what we know: This attack occurred between late February and early March and resulted in unauthorized access to a database of eBay users that includes customers' name, encrypted password, email address, physical address, phone number and date of birth. However, the file did not contain financial information. And, after conducting extensive testing and analysis of our systems, we have no evidence that any customer financial or credit card information was involved. We also have no indication of a significant spike in fraudulent activity on our site. We apologize for any inconvenience or concern that this situation may cause you. 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