eBay customer info for sale
p2p news / p2pnet: A Russian site has been offering stolen eBay and PayPal customer account information for between $5 and $25 per item.
Security firm Sunbelt Software detected the site and reported it to eBay, says PC World.
An eBay spokeswoman, "couldn’t say how many user accounts were offered for sale or whether any customers’ accounts had been misused," it says.
Sunbelt says translated, the basics text says the site sells e-Bay "and PayPal (rarely)" accounts.
"They have a Trojan that steals account info from e-Bay logs and prefer to steal accounts with minimal seller/buyer activities."
The better the feedback on given a account, the more expensive it is, says Sunbelt.
"Real account holder e-mails are available" and, they’re even offering a list of users, adds Sunbelt.
Whois shows the site was registered on December 2, 2005, "allegedly to a company in Cypress, California," says PC World.
"There was no reply Friday at the phone number provided, although the site’s creator would be unlikely to use real contact information."
The Russian site wasn’t accessible Friday morning, but Sunberry posted screen captures that, "appeared to show account information for sale from customers in the U.K., Germany, and Australia," says PC World.
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March 28th, 2006 at 8:07 pm
The question once again begs asking, why has eBay not made public the theft of this info? Why has eBay not taken steps to secure their members data?
Again you get into the idea that if we tell what we know, you the customer won’t come here anymore. The idea that making money is more important than your security to protect edata seems very wrong. If a marketplace is to be made in the virtual world, securing one’s wallet has to be among the top concerns for any customer. Simpy, merchants are not taking that part seriously and are sadly in neglect when it comes to making known that data was pilfered.
Everyone wants the customer to obey all sorts of laws. But no one wants to own up to their end of the bargin in doing the same.
You have here one of the precise reasons I don’t do on-line banking, on-line buying, and do not leave passwords as default saved.
March 29th, 2006 at 10:54 am
“…prefer to steal accounts with minimal seller/buyer activities.” Yet they like to have good feedback which you can only get by accruing deals. This leaves me not knowing whether to keep on spending, or whether to ditch Ebay until they sort this ‘glitch out’
March 29th, 2006 at 3:42 pm
The whole story doesn’t make sense. There’re too many contradictions if you read it with attention.