Consumer advice following ebay ‘hack’

[Legal Beagles]

‘Don’t hang about, change your password’ – Information Commissioner There’ve been lots of reports in the media about eBay having their customer database ‘hacked’. We’re actively looking at this situation, with a view to ensuring a full investigation takes places. On the face of it, this is a very serious breach. At this stage, we […]

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[Crazy council]

Re: Consumer advice following ebay ‘hack’

And, be honest..... How many people set up there ebay and paypal account with the same or a very similar password.

If you ebay accounts it over 5 YO, your statisticaly likley to have similare ebay/paypal codes. Remember. 8 digit alphanumerical is for all intensive purposes, UNCRACKABLE, even if thats a mix of your name and birthedate, even if i tell the software that... I probebly still would be luck to get it at less then 5million trys,

A more worring concern, would be apps on your phone at the moment, and how they hold passwords or tokens