Thread: Change your Ebay passwords

Ebay just announced...

After Cyberattack, eBay Recommends Password Change

Max. password length 64, btw

The video states that the database was compromised between late February and early March and so this advice would seem somewhat tardy - surely by now it would be too late to avert danger by changing passwords?

Frequently Asked Questions on eBay Password Change | ebay inc

Never hurts to change it, though. Specially if its the same password you had in Feb and March

Just changed mine for the first time in maybe 10 years .........

I get the feeling that the majority of us had well-aged passwords, at the very least, aged beyond 3 months. lol

Originally Posted by Siguy

Never hurts to change it, though. Specially if its the same password you had in Feb and March

Absolutely - changing passwords is good practice, regardless.

The press bulletin given out by ebay states that the compromised data was low-level stuff that is often publicly available. Either ebay is massively downplaying the severity of the compromise or it really isn't that bad - of course it's never easy to know for sure.

Originally Posted by Christel

Absolutely - changing passwords is good practice, regardless.

The press bulletin given out by ebay states that the compromised data was low-level stuff that is often publicly available. Either ebay is massively downplaying the severity of the compromise or it really isn't that bad - of course it's never easy to know for sure.

Glad they got around to mentioning it. These outfits are all alike. They wait until they can't wait any longer before they admit to having an attack. I too wonder if they are downplaying the severety. This CNN article said, "The database, which eBay said was compromised in late February and early March, held eBay customer's names, encrypted passwords, email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers, and dates of birth. However, the company says users' financial information was not accessed."

eBay hacked, requests all users change passwords - CNET

I do suppose that if financial info had been accessed, and was of the kind that could be exploited, users would be seeing that in debits from their account balances.

Don't forget, Ebay owns PayPal. I don't think so called 'hackers' give a squat as to your purchase history or feedback rating. $$$
Change your PayPal passwords too.

Then again it could all be bravo sierra.

Yes, good tip, about time I did that anyhow...done...and thanks Siguy!

I just spent an Hr on the bay,no info as to how to change a password