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andrewmunsell
on May 22, 2014
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eBay user data for sale?
There aren't any plain text passwords, but there are email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers, and DOBs.
rwmj
on May 22, 2014
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It's the DoB which is the giveaway (that this is fake). eBay doesn't collect date of birth, but
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collect lots of other authentication information.
EDIT: I stand corrected, see the reply by sp332 below.
sp332
on May 22, 2014
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eBay says the data includes DoB.
https://blog.ebay.com/ebay-inc-ask-ebay-users-change-passwor...
[edit: better link] Maybe they only collect it for certain customers?
crest
on May 22, 2014
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In that case ebay users should probably change their date of birth too ;-).
mikeash
on May 22, 2014
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And physical address and phone number.
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on May 22, 2014
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