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Author:  gatiio [ Wed May 21, 2014 9:32 am ]
Post subject:  Cyber attack on Paypal and eBay
Cyber attack on eBay puts us all at risk.


Hide yo' passwords, hide yo' Wi-Fi!


HERE
Author:  Mr. Humphreys [ Wed May 21, 2014 1:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cyber attack on Paypal and eBay
Thanks for the reminder! :P Heard the news on the radio this morning. Make sure your new ebay PW is different from your new PayPal PW :wink:
Author:  Lixx [ Wed May 21, 2014 1:31 pm ]
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Too bad it's a panic and everyone is changing their passwords on ebay right now, making it virtually impossible to change it. I keep getting the 'try again later' page. Fuck I have to change paypal too? I've had that one for 12 years.
Author:  evom [ Wed May 21, 2014 1:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cyber attack on Paypal and eBay
^^ yea i'm getting sick of changing passwords. makes it way harder to keep track of them when some are different than others. ebay says there will be no activity on accounts until your password is reset.
Author:  petitetoilonrouge [ Wed May 21, 2014 1:45 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cyber attack on Paypal and eBay
Weird, I had heard the same yet I was able to purchase something through the app without a glitch. (Well, with a small glitch, it didn't offer the option to pay through one of my cc, which I found annoying, but nearly so! Anyone knows why it may be so?)
Author:  Ultra999 [ Wed May 21, 2014 1:47 pm ]
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just ebay, not paypal.
Author:  petitetoilonrouge [ Wed May 21, 2014 1:48 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cyber attack on Paypal and eBay
Ultra999 wrote:
just ebay, not paypal.


I meant the eBay app.
Author:  evom [ Wed May 21, 2014 1:49 pm ]
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Ultra999 wrote:
just ebay, not paypal.

ERRR!! already changed shit. maybe ill change it back later.
would my ebay even be a problem if i only have my paypal linked?
Author:  petitetoilonrouge [ Wed May 21, 2014 1:53 pm ]
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"The company also owns electronic payment service PayPal, but eBay says there is no evidence PayPal information was hacked, since that information is stored separately on a secure network."

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/ebay-cy ... -1.2649344
Author:  Ultra999 [ Wed May 21, 2014 1:56 pm ]
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p: i meant only ebay was broken into, not paypal (as stated by the op), app or no.

e: if someone other than you uses your ebay account to purchase something with a stolen credit card, who knows what kind of hassle you have to go through to clear your name. that's just one example of why your account should be re-secured.
Author:  moodydoom [ Wed May 21, 2014 2:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cyber attack on Paypal and eBay
For anyone who hates managing passwords I can recommend lastpass. I've been using it for going on two years now and have never looked back. https://lastpass.com/

I have it set up so that I have a different password for absolutely everything, but all I have to do to login somewhere is right-click and fill form, or I can set up auto-logins. You can also have it auto-generate passwords for you, which it will then save.

As a backup, you can also create secure text notes in lastpass, so that you can keep track of everything in text format.

And no, i don't work for them : )
Author:  Mr. Humphreys [ Wed May 21, 2014 2:04 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cyber attack on Paypal and eBay
new PW = supercalifragilisticexpialidocious then add some numbers and symbols
easy to forget, and too frustrating to type out for the hackers :wink:
Author:  ultrakaiju [ Wed May 21, 2014 2:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cyber attack on Paypal and eBay
It's pretty telling that I have [had] and used an ebay password for a long time now for something that was relevant to me in 1998. And that it is [was] incredibly simple (scarily so, really) - which at the time was fine for a security measure. :oops: Times sure are different now. Yeah, I know I should have changed it long ago, but just funny how it 'ages' my internet use. I'll crawl back in my cave now.
Author:  Ultra999 [ Wed May 21, 2014 4:47 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cyber attack on Paypal and eBay
petitetoilonrouge wrote:
I was able to purchase something through the app without a glitch.
could be due to this not so obvious setting:
Quote:
If you have third-party applications associated with your account, your password change will not affect those applications unless you revoke their authorizations. You can do this from the My eBay Preferences page.
seems like a fairly large security hole since an unauthorized user could have quietly linked third party apps to your account during this process. changing your password doesn't prevent them from accessing parts of your account through apps even though you may feel secure with your new password.
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