Wednesday, September 26, 2007

eBay hacked? Reality check.

Today, someone publicly posted usernames and credit card information on eBay's message boards. To some that witnessed this one and half hour series of posts, it was concerning. At face value, it looked like someone hacked eBay and they were posting the information out on the Internet. But a second look at the information creates some doubts. Here's my points:

Reality Check
1. The userids were correct but they are already public in the first place.

2. eBay reports other pertinent information did not match their files (ie: names, CVV, credit cards).

3. There are several credit card and name generators on the Internet that you can play as a game for free. Just because someone goes through this and matches it with an eBay user id, that doesn't mean eBay is hacked.

4. eBay's statement, which California laws among others require them to tell the truth are as follows:


"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. We're in the process of reaching out by phone to these members to, 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."


5. I'm not a defender of eBay. In fact, if you type in the words 'ebay monopoly' on Google, you will find I have criticized them over their moves to restrict Google Checkout, their competition in the payments processing industry. But I can definitely say today's hysteria by some eBay users (you know who you are) and the media is annoying at best. Stop the panic and let the facts come out.

The usernames that were listed on the forums are listed below. I got this from http://shenemanfamily.com/comp.html. There's tons of screenshots and even a YouTube video of this (already pulled off).

48871
1778696
40018
1165julie
123olbrich
151jpeterson
1755tom
1954siel
1957dudad
197bro
1alejandrita
1deadrock
1shack57
2005bim
2005branstetter
2006paulaandrea
21mercedes
3-dhunter
3015philip
30pete30
3371andrew
351stech
3bayaccount1
420sel1
49erdolphin
4ashtree
4ever80s
672roberts
754joshua
ab562
accrdcivic
adarisse
aeleafe
ags61
ahug
alabamian100
alastair1109
alcanat71
aldaros749
aldnjones
alec816
alex816
alexander_k1977
alobato06
alrivcamp
anazingjt
anyenc
aoheaney
apeanuttoys
apsjr
asne40
atlooncall
atschirner
babyface15432
badbaby1972
bagged85
bakesman
bankbuddy
barnesk8
baseballcards5009
beathab
beep_beep_
beeson4
besthag
betterbidfast
bettrnbuck
bigant4542
biged2229
biged7779
bigmike0125
bigquess
bigskybill7
billsfossilcarsandparts
black*gts) 15
blancayyotambien
blodgett777
blue_eyed_redhead
bluebassethound
blunose2772
bluv5
bmer1828
bmf1833
boat74alfa
boatbabe36
bobbellford
bohyunseok
bri686
brianw87
brown2411
brynno1
bshophubby
bsmachinepump
bubjay21777
buck_robbb?
buck-rehhh
budel
budmuf
bumskibum1987
calihoney02
candiaikens45011
carlinglight
carolinemaryshea
carymcc76
cassiem1210
catbic
caveman069
cds7814
cg_woodworking
chicodesma cl0ne786 classyladypainting cleary50
clem54140 codgson
coleiro9540
const_man78
copcl
cornflakeosu cox2000muse
cpa331
ctoudic
curve82
curve93
cworn
cyclecog
dakotacobalt1
dalt57
debshood
deertrail98
dennis491 dfd1
dfmengert
dishmie1411
distinctivejourneys
djdom111
dlanelangford
dlk953
dlparta
dmlindner
docdinky
dodgeguy2
donjtoto
donn9547
dookie892
dopey94970102
doudymac dowgint
downtoearthdental
dragonswar84
driverrobthedark
dsmitty123
dts2649
dubdlee20
dueete
dukesnyder9 duncangodfrey
dunewaters
dung_smith
dvdsrcy e.w.pruvis007
eaglesilos
easybizman
ebee347
eddavilla
edjoan4
edsamaro
egwdoug
emak79
embrdyldy
emeraldsong
entertainyourself
equipmentjunky
ericm1980
erknight
ernieg2004
escalator66
evinrude1963
faysfinest
fishhead2842
fkada
flamingo9
flattopcody
floridaphil73
flynnut69
fordy64
foxierockwell
francescaelisa02
frankg32
franktiano
freewilly1956
frenchfreesia23
frodobaggins4
frogsbud
fsteil
fthdfrd
fttadm
funnycide
fuzylops
gamala54
garyjktrains
gasche9079
gattica777
geewhizbeav
gemz2rad
geo8rge44
george_p77
georgia2470
gg9416
gil148
gio911
giraffe59
gj3newell
glare282
glckidz
glen3295
glenoglen
glmoparman
glotfepr
gmg817
golfantick
gollipg
gollipg
goodies-online
googler69
gpb1705
greatfes
greenapples91
greensfarms
greg3ibg
grocky_fr
grp1983
gsipes1
gumptruck
gusstaff
gwitlock2308
gwmillerco
ha9362
hainesvette
happysweep
harasim2007
harat555
hardseteelandiron
harn8222
haroldehittyhat
harry200_1
hartonehtis
hartopehtis
haybale98
healthyshoes128
heathmyster
helen6835
henburg21
henryettaknight
hesamess
heyjoe1702
high-diesel
hillsrusdog
hkatzen
hobbiesbdg
hoeycomadina
holacolombya
holierthanthou06
hop21t
hoprv
horseshoebuy
hrpete304
husspup
hyazdanparast
iabdulg
iamsore
ians4102
iblaine
idaboy1
iec33
iglidetours
ikelada
ilikeeverything2
ilive4cars7
ilivesparkysparky
imgman_200013aq
innstudio
iqman104
itchynfat
itchyrash
ivycamille
j_ferrara
j.ing
jackandruff
james-halpin
james10448
jandj9202003
jarrett518
jaspergixerboy
jaswebconsultant
jay_nuttz
jbscottdudley
jckhwr
jd260599
jdwcrna
jeffchief
jerusha85
jess_camb
jessalee83
jetek26
jillpallotta
jim8ujg
jimnlouise
jimpriest
jjsmudger
jk0055
jlobster
jmfoxislan (partial name)
jmoster96
jmt1011
jnmconnections
joannakitte (partial name)
joe01655
joey0115
joey1320
joface109
jonathanlocke84
jonchristoper75
jones48194
jordancoreyburt
josh_anderson185
joshuadam
josti
jpennstar
jptrupiano
jrbailey7hpu
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jrw1bulbeck
jsapp36
jseryak
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jstein03
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jtstrick5
judyanita
jugene23
jules2120
julesooles
juz2709
jwadleigh
jwstaton78
jxbuter
k3_plus_m
kalandr
kapenbrutzler
kappenbrutzler
karamjit2004
karena6253
kareng9217
karenrig
karensky1000
karensmith786
karunafinancial
katedae
katonycross
kayla3320
kbfis
kbobkaran
kcprog
keecreek
keiner01
keith_s
keithatprem
keithmacd
keldroed
keli_chik
ken1966thistle
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kenn2120
kentlau13
keving82
kevinmag
kevinrcon
kevinselink
kfo-design
kilzbugz
kit124
kkeastbay
klingon_master
kromes0621
kynimo619
ladydemonsia
laser246
lazyln
ldmerriam
lee_vintagecoolstuff
libertybeads
light4less
live*life
logarithym
loriwebb777
louderthanlove3
lovemjh
lucienschallehn
lucy3182
m168yeh
madaboutyou1408
marcia9622
marcilea123
mardill2168
markaellis
markmadman11
masram3
matt81657
matto72
mavisaltin
maxlaptops
mediaman1961
metalcrafter
meuyarrow
mgshaft69
mickieboy65
mikesyz
miniemoe
misprint604
mj4900
mjhks
mmmmcn2
mobi_bristol
moheine
moht321
monica950
moseisely
moviemaster51
mrlittlemanlane
mrsacwright
msears1
musicmilligan
myron37
myttb
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neuroticrn
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nps007jr
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only1jellybeanz
ornball
paalienman
padi2618
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partidaguy77
peachjr
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phyllis421
pikey408
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pizzants
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plug17
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poodlecracker
porchenaples
porkchop6756
postie246
powerpak
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proudpapa2006
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punjabiochard
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pwarren54
pyromaniacs
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quentin 790
raffaello5
ralphied
raptor597
ratautobody
rav_industries
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raysel
rebos2
redflashsteve
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rev-angel
rh781218
rizrx7
rjbaumgartner
robin37a
robrey718
rodgarza
rodgndak
rodimusprimus
rogerscott
ron.dena
ronr888
roofdesignr
ropoon
ros3215
royerclan
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rrazor
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rubylite
rudy230177
rugby-league11
runwaycollections
rustman33
ryanmartin1988
sabako61
salvarobles
sanibel1600
sffdsaprky
shaf7886
sheldonfezzik
shirlali
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spaceychacha
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spudgunn39
starcraft98
stewb814
sticman68
sucker4sales
sweetlime3
texaswranch
thebody55
themicks56
theperfectpick
they_call_me_*ice*nuts*
timberlandstreet
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titantelus
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tonnsracing
tracyfreeman
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tzede619
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virginia8232
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