http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040316-124532-6763r.htm March 16, 2004 SAN JOSE, Calif., March 16 (UPI) -- California's eBay says online con artists stole customer information that may make a common e-mail scam even more dangerous. Hackers tricked several online merchants who use eBay's PayPal payment system into disclosing their user names and passwords, then logged onto the merchants' accounts to download lists of customer names, e-mail addresses, home addresses and transactions, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday. EBay did not disclose how many customers had their information stolen, but a spokesman said it constitutes a small percentage of the service's 40 million registered users. No credit card information, Social Security numbers or other financial details were compromised because that information is encrypted and kept on servers not accessible to merchants. Still, eBay fears the information will be used to trick customers into giving up their credit card information in an e-mail scam known as "phishing" or "spoofing." The scam results in e-mail users getting messages purportedly from PayPal or other businesses saying they need to verify personal information. - ISN is currently hosted by Attrition.org To unsubscribe email majordomo@private with 'unsubscribe isn' in the BODY of the mail.
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