More eBay Cautionary Tales
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Two eBay laptop sellers--one of whom ended up without either his laptop or the buyer's money for it--share their experiences.
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Technical problems for online payment service PayPal are hampering e-commerce on the eBay online marketplace. The payment service, which is owned by eBay, has been experiencing problems since last Friday when
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eBay is back on Google, but this is far from a mutually satisfying ending.
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Check out the most ridiculous way to lose a bundle.
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(InfoWorld) - Someone used an eBay discussion forum on Tuesday to post confidential information about eBay users along with what may be their credit card numbers. The incident, first reported by AuctionBytes.com, a technology news site that focuses on e-commerce, led the e-commerce giant to shut down the forum, which ironically is devoted to the discussion of security issues. Nichola Sharpe, an eBay spokeswoman, confirmed that on Tuesday morning someone the vendor describes as "a malicious fraudster" posted the names and contact information of 1,200 eBay members on the company's Trust & Safety discussion forum. "This information could have been obtained as part of an account takeover. Since this time, our Trust and Safety team has been proactively addressing this situation," she said. Along with members' information, the "fraudster" also posted what appear to be credit card numbers. However, if that's what they are, they don't match the ones eBay has on file for the members whose contact information was disclosed, Sharpe said. "We are in the process of proactively contacting members by phone, so that if the information is valid somehow -- regardless how this fraudster acquired the information -- these members can take the steps they need to take to protect themselves," Sharpe said. The "fraudster" didn't obtain the information by breaching eBay's security systems, so eBay thinks the culprit stole the information via methods like phishing, she said. The company has posted more information in an official blog post. The incident, which eBay continues to monitor, has been broadly reported and commented on by eBay users on this long thread. In its article, AuctionBytes reported being able to access the forum and view several posts before they were removed. The posts included fields labeled "Id verified" and "Store" along with a time-date stamp of the user registration, AuctionBytes reported, adding that it hasn't been able to verify the accuracy of the information viewed.
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EBay sellers are calling for a strike in the wake of changes made to the fee structure and feedback system. Skeptics say it will have little impact.
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If eBay is a political hot potato, maybe you should pass the sour cream.
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Someone used an eBay discussion forum on Tuesday to post confidential information about eBay users along with what may be their credit card numbers.
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By Hannah Baker  INTERNET shoppers were today warned to beware web auction sellers in the West Midlands making a killing on selling fake goods.   Trading Standards officers in the area have discovered counterfeit clothing, handbags and DVDs sold in large quantities on the ebay site.
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People selling items over the internet or through newspaper adverts are warned of a sophisticated fraudulent payment scam.
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For some, it turned out that fairness in online auctions was going, going, gone. Three cases of phony bidding by sellers to inflate the price of art, sports memorabilia, even
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Someone used an eBay discussion forum to post confidential information about eBay users along with what may be their credit card numbers.
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Someone posts credit card information on 1200 users; eBay downplays the event as a hoax.
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Backdoor man Letters Our story reporting the abundance of people who believe there is a secret backdoor in eBay's network appeared to touch a nerve.â¦
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A sophisticated multistage attack by identity thieves appears to have significantly compromised eBay and perhaps PayPal as well.
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A reporter's effort to auction off a ballpoint pen once owned by a serial killer is thwarted by eBay's policy against listing such items. But the internet has no shortage of venues for unloading grisly artifacts. By Marty Graham.
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eBay's latest auction trend may give the company a major headache.