An anonymous reader writes "This morning a hacker posted the personal contact information and credit card data of 1,200 ebay users on the eBay.com Trust & Saftey forums. eBay pulled the Trust & Saftey forums off line, but not before one user made a video of the hacked forums and posted it on youtube.com. eBay response is on the eBay chatter page, and seems to try and down play this "fraudster"'s activity."
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I humbly offer my translation of eBay's statement, based on long and painful observations of that companies response to security breaches. eBay's statements are in bold, followed by the intended meaning.
I've been talking with our Account Security and Legal teams, and I'd like to share some more details about this incident
This statement is designed to minimize eBay's liability. Don't even think about suing us.
Very early this morning, a malicious fraudster posted on the Trust & Safety forum on eBay.
Translation of eBay Statement (Score:1)