Very early this morning, a malicious fraudster posted on the Trust & Safety forum on eBay.com posing as approximately 1,200 eBay users. The fraudster made these posts in a way that was intended to appear as though he logged in with their accounts. The posts contained name and contact information, which appears to be valid, and could have been secured as part of an account take over.
The posts ALSO appeared to contain credit card information -- however, these credit cards are not associated with financial information on file for these users at eBay or PayPal. We're in the process of reaching out by phone to these members to, so that if the information is valid somehow -- regardless how this fraudster acquired the information -- these members can take the steps they need to take to protect themselves.
http://www.ebaychatter.com/the_chatter/2007/09/trust-safety-fo.html
eBay - The Chatter - Trust & Safety forums issue this morning
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/26/144210&from=rss
Slashdot | Ebay Hacked, User Info Posted
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