Ebay Password Breach

Wed, 21 May 2014 22:35:30 +0000

Ebay announced today that the had usernames, encrypted passwords, phone numbers, email address, physical address and date of birth stolen during a recent breach. The key here is encrypted passwords, which hopefully means strong security. That is just an assumption though. It is not uncommon by any stretch to see a large company suffering from a breach that includes user credentials. We often overlook the idea that credentials are actually very valuable. We spend so much time focusing on social security numbers, credit card numbers, and HIPAA data that we forget about the basics. Those keys that protect the rest of all of that data.

Encrypted Passwords on James Jardine

Ebay Password Breach