Re:eBay user data for sale?
by andrewmunsell on Thursday May 22, 2014 @11:27AM
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There aren't any plain text passwords, but there are email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers, and DOBs.
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It's the DoB which is the giveaway (that this is fake). eBay doesn't collect date of birth, but does collect lots of other authentication information.
EDIT: I stand corrected, see the reply by sp332 below.
eBay says the data includes DoB. https://blog.ebay.com/ebay-inc-ask-ebay-users-change-passwor... [edit: better link] Maybe they only collect it for certain customers?
In that case ebay users should probably change their date of birth too ;-).
And physical address and phone number.
Re:eBay user data for sale?
by ForHackernews on Thursday May 22, 2014 @02:26PM
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Fake your own death and run away to Argentina.