Chinese Hacker Gang Hijacks eBay Germany Accounts

[mandy]

As Ebay continues to grow, so too do security problems. A new wave of hackers has found an innovative way to hijack user accounts. All you need is a program to rapidly test possible passwords, and a little bit of patience.

It seemed almost too good to be true, until Dziuk realized that "mal-kasten" was selling all kinds of brand-new, expensive cameras, all for the same starting bid of €300. It also struck Dziuk as odd that he had never before noticed the name "mal-kasten" among users selling cameras.

"Mal-kasten," though, as it turns out, was not the real seller of the bargain camera. Rather, a hacker gang from China had found their way into "mal-kasten's" account. Indeed, the group has apparently manipulated countless Ebay accounts the world over...

In the same article, an eBay Germany seller complains eBay was slow to act when his account was hijacked:

Even professional "power seller" Peter Klein from the Swabian city of Nördlingen fell victim to the scam, when hackers used his private Ebay account to offer cameras and expensive navigation devices. "When I started noticing problems, I immediately asked Ebay to block the account. Nothing happened for three days," complains Klein,

full article: http://service.spiegel.de/cache/internat...74,00.html

Just as in the UK and USA, eBay Germany also blames its users.

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[jezebel]

"When I started noticing problems, I immediately asked Ebay to block the account. Nothing happened for three days,"

Maybe the person he contacted was getting a cut of the action. 

[amy]

According to the article the same gang is hijacking US eBay accounts by using an auto password generator program to try to log in to accounts--like what happened to Iron Chick.