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Re: heads up... ebay compromise
From: H Morrow Long <morrow.long () YALE EDU>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 10:00:13 -0400
That press release / advance notice looks fairly definitive. EBay may have struggled with just how to communicate 'Your password is not actually compromised as far as we know because it was encrypted (or was it cryptographically hashed?) but we want you to change your password anyway because intruders were able to break into our database of encrypted passwords. Note, your are safe as far as we know -- but you should change your password now anyway.' Particularly when 112 million accounts are involved. Morrow On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Mally Mclane <mally.mclane () bristol ac uk>wrote:
On 21 May 2014 14:51, H Morrow Long <morrow.long () yale edu> wrote:Hold on for a bit before announcing to a mass audience (such as a University community). Apparently Ebay/Paypal pulled back the apparent announcement recently.Noword from them as to what is going on or why.http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/05/21/us-ebay-password-idINKBN0E10ZT20140521 it's still on their corporate site... http://www.ebayinc.com/in_the_news/story/ebay-inc-ask-ebay-users-change-passwords MallyMorrow On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 9:40 AM, Mally Mclane <mally.mclane () bristol ac uk>wrote:On 21 May 2014 14:34, Harry Hoffman <hhoffman () ip-solutions net> wrote:Hi All, Just a heads up:http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/21/5737914/ebay-will-ask-all-customers-to-change-passwords-after-massive-breachIt surprises me they only have 112million accounts... -- Mally Mclane Communication and Collaboration Services Manager University of Bristol-- Mally Mclane Communication and Collaboration Services Manager University of Bristol
Current thread:
- heads up... ebay compromise Harry Hoffman (May 21)
- Re: heads up... ebay compromise Mally Mclane (May 21)
- Re: heads up... ebay compromise H Morrow Long (May 21)
- Re: heads up... ebay compromise Mally Mclane (May 21)
- Re: heads up... ebay compromise H Morrow Long (May 21)
- Re: heads up... ebay compromise Richard Hopkins (May 21)
- Re: heads up... ebay compromise H Morrow Long (May 21)
- Re: heads up... ebay compromise Mally Mclane (May 21)
- Re: heads up... ebay compromise Cal Frye (May 21)
- Re: heads up... ebay compromise Bradley, Stephen (May 21)
- Re: heads up... ebay compromise Bruce Carter (May 21)
- Re: heads up... ebay compromise Jeffrey Schiller (May 21)
- Re: heads up... ebay compromise Maria Peluso (May 21)
- Re: heads up... ebay compromise Chuck Braden (May 21)
- Re: heads up... ebay compromise Bradley, Stephen (May 21)
- Re: heads up... ebay compromise Bradley, Stephen (May 21)