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eBay faces MULTIPLE, international PROBES into mega-breach

Posted on May 23, 2014 by pogowasright.org

Coverage of the eBay breach is over on DataBreaches.net, but I thought I’d post one item here in case there’s anyone who still hasn’t heard about it.

Brid-Aine Parnell reports:

eBay is facing multiple investigations after a security breach that spilled the personal information of 145 million users, along with their passwords, which were encrypted in some as-yet-unknown way.

The online tat bazaar is being hit from both sides of the Atlantic today, with state attorneys-general in the US launching a joint inquiry while the Information Commissioner in the UK told various media outlets that his office is actively looking into starting a formal investigation.

Read more on The Register.

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