EBay Users Still at Risk After Cyberattack, Even If They Change Passwords

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EBay on Wednesday admitted it had been the victim of a cyberattack that allowed hackers to access its customer database, and the company asked all of its 145 million active users to change their passwords

But the intruders had access to personal information beyond passwords, including names, mailing addresses and dates of birth — data that can't so easily be changed.

The good news is that eBay says that no financial or credit card information was compromised. Financial data was stored on separate systems, and eBay says there's no evidence that any PayPal data was compromised. The bad news is that the data that was compromised was still important. Read more...

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