More Hacker Problems at eBay

[snugglypuppy]

More hacker problems at eBay that started on Friday.  It's about time they got off their butts and did something to stop this person.  Security is getting worse all the time and more sellers are leaving because of these security issues that ebay is trying to brush under the carpet.
 
Read the full article from Auction Bytes:

http://blog.auctionbytes.com/cgi-bin/blo...18840.html

[BellisimaJ.]

From the article:

The latest drama began unfolding Friday afternoon. One user explained that she received an email that said, "Stop saying sh*t stuff about me, a**hole" signed by vladuz. She tried logging in to the eBay discussion boards and received a message that she was suspended due to seller non-performance issues. (She does not sell on eBay.) She said of Vladuz, "I admit I had been less than complimentary about him on the boards."

Another user said he received an email which quoted something he had written on a board wishing Vladuz would get caught, with the message "Oh ya? f*** you."

Both said the sender wrote from the Google email account, "sgissc19@gmail.com."

Several other eBay users reported a similar incident in which they were unable to log in to the eBay site, though not all of them received an email purporting to be from Vladuz.

One user said his account was back up and running in 30 minutes, another said it was back up in 60 minutes. eBay's Nichola Sharpe said, "We have already secured and restored the affected accounts and are proactively calling the affected users to reassure them that their eBay account is secure."

This is the first time eBay has said that a hacker gained access to user accounts by means other than through phishing techniques. Sharpe said, "The fraudster did this by accessing externally visible servers not by hacking into the eBay site." eBay was not specific about the type of information the servers contained nor who had access to it.

Pardon me for laughing, as I am no fan of Vladuz or any other criminal, but it is rather funny how he is making total FOOLS out of ebay, the sooooooooo unethical auction venue!  Karma does bite.........

[dimucci]

"We have already secured and restored the affected accounts and are proactively calling the affected users to reassure them that their eBay account is secure."

Hi, this is Worker Drone from eBay. We're calling to tell you that your eBay account was hacked and to assure you that your account is secure. 

[amy]

[quote author=dimucci link=topic=16599.msg65435#msg65435 date=1191778012]

"We have already secured and restored the affected accounts and are proactively calling the affected users to reassure them that their eBay account is secure."

Hi, this is Worker Drone from eBay. We're calling to tell you that your eBay account was hacked and to assure you that your account is secure. 
[/quote]

I bet the people they called were really reassured about the security of their accounts.  ;D

[BellisimaJ.]

Hi, this is Worker Drone from eBay. We're calling to tell you that your eBay account was hacked and to assure you that your account is secure.  

[sneakymagenta]

I don't understand the morons who act like criminal hackerboy is a hero (I can name names and forums if you want :twistedevil: ). 

[BellisimaJ.]

[quote author=sneakymagenta link=topic=16599.msg65444#msg65444 date=1191811878]
I don't understand the morons who act like criminal hackerboy is a hero (I can name names and forums if you want :twistedevil: ). 
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G I V E  U S  A  C .........

G I V E  U S  A N   A .........

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to be continued................. :twistedevil:

[jezebel]

All hackers should die. 

[mandy]

A known hacker who has been harassing eBay since last December used a Google email address on Friday to taunt members who had been critical of his actions. The same email address had been reported in January as having been used in scams to defraud buyers on eBay and other marketplaces.

full article: http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y07/m10/i09/s02

...and:

eBay Explains Security Hole Used by Hacker

An eBay moderater apologized to users on a Trust & Safety discussion board over an incident that took place on Friday in which a hacker was able to suspend some member accounts. He explained, "This fraudster found very old administrative functions that had not been deactivated several years ago when we changed the security of our internal systems. These functions were still accessible on public servers, while the rest of our functionality is now behind multiple layers of security. We immediately identified the functions that he accessed and deactivated, and we are undergoing an audit to ensure obsolete code that may still exist for other reasons is secure."

full article: http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y07/m10/i09/s01

more: http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?t...2000445800

[bargainbloodhound]

[quote author=jezebel link=topic=16599.msg65456#msg65456 date=1191866620]
All hackers should die. 
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:ditto: can we add credit card thiefs to the 'must die' list too?  ;D

This fraudster found very old administrative functions that had not been deactivated several years ago when we changed the security of our internal systems. These functions were still accessible on public servers

The admin pages should have been disabled when they changed their systems.   : : :

translation: hackers/scammers probably have the contact info for all 240 million eBay members.