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   ebay

   

   anonymous Coward, Jan 5th, 2006 @ 8:27pm

   
   

   "he hacked into online auctioneer eBay Inc.'s site, stole users' credit card numbers and then used them."

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   A little more Info...

   

   Don Gray, Jan 5th, 2006 @ 8:33pm

   
   

   Slightly better info here.
   
   He is charged with Larceny (unlawful taking) by a single scheme as well as inappropriately accesing computer information.
   
   Wonder if this and this are the same guy?

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   ebay credit card problem

   

   Jeremy Rice, Jan 5th, 2006 @ 10:02pm

   
   

   If ebay has a problem with customer data being exposed then they would be obligated to inform the public...I doubt they would ignore this obligation as they could potentially face larger legal issues if they were caught breaking the law.

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   Re: ebay credit card problem

   

   Andrew Strasser, Jan 5th, 2006 @ 10:26pm

   
   

   Ebay would bend yuou over if they think they can get away with it. I think this phase is called phishing.

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   The Media

   

   Zach Skaggs, Jan 6th, 2006 @ 3:11am

   
   

   If ebay had a security hole, the media would jump ALL OVER IT. Think about it. They will SLAM Microsoft for a small security hole that Microsoft finds and fixes on it's own that was most likely never exploited. If ebay had a flaw allowing for peoples credit card information to be stolen, we'd never hear the end of it.

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   No Subject Given

   

   Chris H, Jan 6th, 2006 @ 5:19am

   
   

   Someone above said eBay would be obligated under law to disclose if customer information was comprimised. Is this true? I often here reports of this kind of data loss, and the question is always how many other losses are there that go unreported.

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   Re: No Subject Given

   

   Pat, Jan 10th, 2006 @ 5:15am

   
   

   I know from personal experience that ebay must have some kind of hole and they refuse to admit it. In late November, I had a bunch of auctions for high end electronics stuff just appear on my seller's list one morning. They were NOT my auctions. Thank goodness the scammer didn't change my password soI wasable to still sign in and get to safe harborlive help to get it sorted out. Ebay didn't even ask me which item numbers were the problem. They disappeared in a flash. I had to jump through all kinds of hoops to get everything sorted out, but it got resolved pretty fast. I know for a fact that I had not clicked on a phishing email....I'm super careful.....so how did the crook hack my account ???????About a week later another seller I know had the same thing happen. I believe it is muchmore common than we know!

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   ebay hole and fraud

   

   Anonymous Coward, Jan 17th, 2006 @ 2:59pm

   
   

   check for a "dell xps laptop" and you will many 1 day listing with a seperate email in the listing. if you email them they will offer you a sweet price if you pay via western union.
   you'll see many sellers selling the same items under the same "email me for buy it now price, pay via western union." scam
   
   ebay definitely has a fraud problem.

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   ebay hole and fraud

   

   Anonymous Coward, Jan 17th, 2006 @ 3:00pm

   
   

   forgot to include my email

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