posted on July 31, 2007 08:31:01 AM
Woke up to two of three IDs having been "compromised." Couldn't log in since eBay kindly reset my passwords for both. Had to reset both, change everything in everything else I use. Two out of three? Odd. And no activity on either account that was unauthorized/suspect.
Ran virus, trojan, spybot, the works. Changed every blooming password including emails.
A quick check on Trust and Safety Board reveals that eBay apparently picks up sniping software as unauthorized account access/login. And those were the two accounts I used on esnipe on Sunday. So, should you wake up to an alert and use sniping, it may simply be eBay resetting it, not a highjack. I felt better, which doesn't mean it couldn't happen. But in this case, it didn't.
posted on July 31, 2007 12:24:04 PM
Happened to my sister today. Something like it happened to me a while back and I had an eSnipe bid placed on something I really wanted. I found out about the password change when my snipe did not happen.
Her email said her password may have been compromised. Wonder if they has a system breach.
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posted on July 31, 2007 01:25:02 PM
No more likely than vendio accessing your account to "perform" various actions. Others I use are ShipRush which retrieves information from my account. No, I think it's another knee jerk from eBay. And now I can't get rid of that stupid ALERT on my eBay pages for 30 days!!!
"May have been compromised" is no doubt eBay speak for "we want you all to use Bid Assistant." Or we want money from eSnipe to issues tokens. But then I'm a suspicious soul.
posted on July 31, 2007 10:19:05 PM
I have seen too many of these lately and had yet another one this weekend.
I suspect eBay is using some type of fraud protection software that flags the account when some out of the ordinary activity takes place.
I sniped and won 15 auctions this weekend (Sat and Sun) on my husband's account. 12 of the auctions were from the same seller. At 12:08 PST Sunday night I received the TKO.
A few weeks ago, I received the notice on my main seller account. I rarely use the account for buying. I used BIN on 3 orders of books and received the TKO notice within 24 hours.
Mega PITA. They could at least warn us before they scare the wits out of us. My husband saw the TKO on his account before I did and he about blew a vein before I could get him calmed down.
