Tuesday, June 3, 2014

eBaY Sends "Password Reset Update" E-mail to Affiliates, Buyers, and Sellers


Are you or were you an affiliated publisher of eBaY? If you've recently heard in the news, eBay was allegedly hacked. Oh wait. It's not alleged. eBay was HACKED! The company sent out an e-mail today urging everyone affiliated with them "affiliates, buyers, and eBaY sellers" to change their passwords ASAP. eBaY says in the e-mail: "IMPORTANT: PASSWORD UPDATE Dear eBay Member, To help ensure customers' trust and security on eBay, I am asking all eBay users to change their passwords. Here's why: Recently, our company discovered a cyberattack on our corporate information network. This attack compromised a database containing eBay user passwords. What's important for you to know: We have no evidence that your financial information was accessed or compromised. And your password was encrypted. What I ask of you: Go to eBay and change your password. If you changed your password on May 21 or later, we do not need you to take any additional action at this time. Changing your password may be inc
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