Viva_EL_Zono_Blanco!
Looks like a bit of fun on the ebaY Forums.
(oops, I mean for everyone except the folks who will fall victim in whatever way)
This looks like it may even be considered a sort of follow-up to this recent post, right here;
“The List — ebay has been hacked in a major way” ~ Back From the Memory Hole!
Someone tried to warn, and the post was pulled.
Why has ebaY not been proactive in informing, thereby protecting “IT”’s users? Why is “IT” deliberately depriving “IT”s own users of such info?
I cannot believe they are not leading the charge to correct this, instead of trying to bury everything. (because that is not going to work, ahem…)
How many more times will IT happen? Are there more any “LISTS” which we just have not found out about yet?
Do you, should you, trust anyone/any outfit like that?
Moving on,
The censorship on ebaY’s “discussion” boards has been compared to the Gestapo and the Nazi Party, also to the George Orwell novel “1984″
EbaY has been under massive, worldwide hack attack since mid-February, and is trying to sweep IT all under the rug.
(Not once, BUT TWICE…)
starting here with the most recent;
“Massive, worldwide, multiple user hijacks, Thread 2 4/4/07“
and the original, started waaaay back on Feb-17-07 , @ 18:26 PST
Let’s see how long ’til this “evaporates” from Google’s Cache, and goes the way of the Memory Hole…
My guess is that IT will live on… somewhere… cough cough youtube cough web 2.0 cough cough
EbaY has had at least 4 incidents of “LISTS” of their user’s data compromised. EbaY has not warned their users.Be sure to visit these threads from the ebaY Germany forums to see about the latest HUGE lists of compromised ebaY and PayPal accounts, and account takeovers.
ABSOULUTELY SHOCKING!!!
This is the latest page of the thread with the hijacked accounts / “Account Take-Overs”, (translated) see for yourselves just what is happening.
Again, MANY, MANY of these accounts are from the USA, but there are many victims, WorldWide!
Visit these sites for the TRUTH.
You can also visit my other blog
Please view my other videos @ youtube for more Web 2.0 based ebay and paypal scandal related news and edutainment/infotainment.
Be sure to visit those links to the German security forums & see for yourselves.
BTW, if anyone is unsure about clicking TinyURLs, all you need do is copy it, go to their site, TinyURL.com and find out where the link goes to.
These links are going to the ebaY Germany Sicherheit (Security) Forums through Google Translate, part of Google Language Tools
so they are very long, long enough to “break” anyplace they are put
Edit: Adding png images of the threads and screencaps of compromised accounts, as they are long since deleted by ebay.
http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/7153/paypalsrupfq0.png
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/3781/paypalkawakamirc2.png
http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/4752/paypalwelkje4.png
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/6960/paypalballardtv2.png
http://i12.tinypic.com/4056v5z.png
http://i11.tinypic.com/2yv8f9i.png
http://i7.tinypic.com/2mdmas9.png
http://i12.tinypic.com/42ksef6.png
UPDATE 07-29-07
Nearly all traces of the infamous “Gephishte Accounts die eBay nicht interessieren” thread are now gone.
They have been archived as png images:
Seite 1
Also, the follow-up thread “Gephishte Accounts die eBay nicht interessieren *zensiert*” has been likewise archived:
(the embedded youtube video you see in the German language screencap is from FireFox browser Greasemonkey extension VideoEmbed Script)
*Thanks to imageshack.us for free photo hosting
**Thanks to tinypic.com for free image hosting
April 24, 2007 at 9:53 am
I’m very glad you are publicising this while eBay are still trying to claim they are increasing security.
We have all seen the massive increase in the hacking / hijacking of accounts as highlighted by Vladuz all over the eBay forums.
EBay may have prevented Vladuz from getting back into the pink accounts for the moment (he hasn’t been seen in pink for some weeks now) but they certainly haven’t provided more security or better security for their members.
It’s a mess which needs sorted out from the most basic security right through the site.
Please keep up the good work of publicising these problems, you may more easily save some individuals’ accounts with publicity than by reporting the hijacked accounts to eBay – sometimes the account owner will never know their account was hijacked / hacked as many of the accounts stolen have been dormant for years yet still contain sensitive information which could lead to a hacker stealing much more than just your eBay ac details.
This is one of the worst problems in Internet security and affects Paypal accounts as well. Once a hacker has found his / her way into your account they may easily access your bank and credit card details, they may even take out credit in your name.
The resulting mess could take you years to sort out, years of disruption in your private life, black marks on your credit history … oh, yes, and you may also find yourself owing thousands to eBay for the expensive listings the hijacker has placed under your name. How so? Well, once the item has been removed because it is fraudulent there is no item number for you to reclaim against and so the bill stands.
The system suits eBay of course, they are profiting from these frauds, financial benefits which should be accounted for somewhere in their earnings.
Are these accounts available for scrutiny?
Oh dear, I could go on and on about the fraud.
Keep up the good work Giovanni – by the way, you might want to add ‘eBay Inc’ to your tags, the financials might pick up on the story then *wink*
April 24, 2007 at 9:54 am
Oh yes, and the original thread was so well documented by the watchers that there must be hundreds of thousands of photoshots of the pages out there in cyberspace and in my sitting room too *smiles*