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Penetrate the huge eBay shop-mail |
EBay e-commerce company announced that the hackers were able to penetrate the network three months ago, and the theft of 145 million user data from the database, including e-mail addresses and passwords for their accounts.
The company said that passwords were among the stolen data in the attack, which was carried out by infiltrators during the period between late February and early March / March, but a spokeswoman for eBay, Amanda Miller, confirmed that the passwords are encrypted and there is no reason the company pays to believe that hackers disassembled code "because it is not easy to do so."
Based on the number of accounts that have been hacked, this is probably one of the biggest electronic intrusions in the company advised its customers to change their passwords immediately history, on the grounds that it is a best practice in this case, as it will help users of the site safety improvement.
She explained that the attackers were able to access the database after getting a small number of login information on the number of employees, allowing them access to their systems.
She said that the hackers copied database for users containing password and e-mail addresses and dates of birth and addresses of ordinary personal data and e-words, but they did not get the financial data such as credit card numbers, stressing that there is no evidence that the theft of the accounts may have affected up to date on any of the clients eBay.
Lies penetrate eBay fears because the last have the financial transactions "PayPal" by which store credit card information for users and complete e-procurement service, but eBay has confirmed that the "PayPal" data is stored in a separate place and encrypted, and there is no evidence that the attackers were able to accessible.
EBay is one of the largest electronic stores on the Internet amid competition from other stores such as Amazon, and Naoig, and Best Buy, WGA, and shop on Alibaba China, and accounted for trade in 2013 amounted to $ 212 billion in various markets and other services.
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