eBay customers urged to change their passwords after breach

eBay customers have learned that their personally identifiable information (PII) has been compromised as the online auction giant today announced that a database including encrypted passwords and non-financial customer data was breached. The company says the breach occurred in late February and early March but asserts that there is no evidence, so far, that financial data, which is held in a separate database, was compromised. Users are being asked to change their eBay passwords at this time.

This incident could have been worse had the financial data been kept together with the passwords and personal customer info. But as it stands, eBay says has seen no evidence of fraudulent activity on the eBay user accounts. However, it is unclear what type of encryption was used on the passwords, so it is possible that some or all passwords could be cracked, which means it really is a good idea for all eBay customers to change their password, both for ebay.com, as well as on any other accounts where they may have used the same password.

eBay customers urged to change their passwords after breach