eBay kept their heads in the sand.

Ostrich with head in the sand

It has now come to light that eBay knew that customers data was being compromised, three months before it was announced that the fortune 500 company with over 148 million users was hacked.  To me, it seems like the old ostrich head in the sand excuse; eBay needs to take immediate actions now to minimize the negative feedback the company will surely be getting in these coming days and weeks.  It is my opinion that ignoring these types of security breeches will only lead to more issues, not only for the company, but also the 148 million users that use eBay on a daily basis.  Ultimately, eBay and other online-companies will need to implement a more strategic security plan as well as, the need to let account users know when their personal information is in jeopardy of falling into the wrong hands.

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More information:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2635053/Use-eBay-Then-change-password-NOW-Site-requests-users-change-personal-details-dont-explain-why.html

Ebay has been hacked!

If you currently have an eBay account, the company is recommending that you reset your password as a precaution, this because the fortune 500 company has been recently hacked.  eBay is not saying how many users were affected out of their 148 million user accounts, but a spokesperson for eBay says that the hacked affected "a large number of accounts"  Some of the information that could have been compromised are; customers names, phone numbers, account passwords, email address, physical address and birth dates of users.

eBay knew about the cyber attack?

Article: http://computerthingz.blogspot.com/2014/05/ebay-had-their-heads-in-sand.html

More information: 
http://www.ebay.com/gds/Sign-In-GET-HACKED-/10000000001975947/g.html

http://money.cnn.com/2014/05/21/technology/security/ebay-passwords/index.html?hpt=hp_t1