[LINK] eBay Security Advice

[Ash Nallawalla]

I haven't noticed the following reported in the local media or on Link:

Extract (25/9/07) from eBay's official blog:

"Very early this morning, a malicious fraudster posted on the Trust & Safety
forum on eBay.com posing as approximately 1,200 eBay users.  The fraudster
made these posts in a way that was intended to appear as though he logged in
with their accounts.  The posts contained name and contact information,
which appears to be valid, and could have been secured as part of an account
take over. 

The posts ALSO appeared to contain credit card information -- however, these
credit cards are not associated with financial information on file for these
users at eBay or PayPal."

http://www.ebaychatter.com/the_chatter/2007/09/trust-safety-fo.html

http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?threadID=2000440268&tstart=0&mod=1190
815001133

Unrelated eBay item from Canada:

Extract:
"The Canada Revenue Agency has won a Federal Court order requiring eBay
Canada Ltd. to turn over the names, addresses, phone numbers and e-mail
addresses of all high-volume sellers on the popular website."

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070926.wrebay27/BNStory
/Technology/home

- Ash