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eBay redirect attack puts buyers' credentials at risk

Discussion in 'News @ WindowsBBS' started by Arie, 2014/09/19.

  1. 2014/09/19
    Arie

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    EBay has been compromised so that people who clicked on some of its links were automatically diverted to a site designed to steal their credentials.

    The spoof site had been set up to look like the online marketplace's welcome page.

    The US firm was alerted to the hack on Wednesday night but removed the listings only after a follow-up call from the BBC more than 12 hours later.

    One security expert said he was surprised by the length of time taken.

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