But my password is that symbol Prince used to use when he was the artist formerly known as Prince. I have a special custom key made on all my keyboards that will type it. What should I do????

If I heard the report right, it happened months ago... they are just getting around to telling us. I could be wrong but I think that is what they said.
 
I hate it, now I have to change some others too... then I promptly forget them.
 
Pffft, kill the hackers!!!
 
J

Ya, this world is so hack-free not. But glad I am not on e-bay I suppose. Good luck to the ones that are on e-bay.
 It was in the News I think because I read about it.
(BBC probably or Drudge)
 

Just heard from some friends that they're now being redirected to change their passwords and that a few couldn't get on to eBay because the servers were too busy changing passwords!
 
I just got on to check my listing and didn't get any redirection...  Maybe after I log off for the day I'll get it tomorrow?

Nothing via email, nothing when I log in..went to change my password and got a message telling me to..change my password. Duh, yeah.
 
Pretty shabby I think.

jbow
If I heard the report right, it happened months ago... they are just getting around to telling us. I could be wrong but I think that is what they said.
 

Yeah, the report I saw said that it was in February, so I would have thought that any damage that's going to happen would have been done by now anyway. I think with all of these things it is only ever a matter of time before it's compromised, which is why I don't use them. I have bought a thing or two that was advertised on ebay, but I collected them myself and paid the seller at that time. Online banking ? No thanks. People really need to wake up to what they are doing when putting personal information online however "secure" it's claimed to be.

paulo
 
 
 Online banking ? No thanks. People really need to wake up to what they are doing when putting personal information online however "secure" it's claimed to be.

I used to be of the same opinion, but I couldn't work without online banking now. The only time I go near the bank is to pay money in. In fact I do almost everything online now, pay bills, income tax, car insurance, road tax..hardly ever write cheques or post letters these days.

jamesg1213

paulo
 
 
 Online banking ? No thanks. People really need to wake up to what they are doing when putting personal information online however "secure" it's claimed to be.

I used to be of the same opinion, but I couldn't work without online banking now. The only time I go near the bank is to pay money in. In fact I do almost everything online now, pay bills, income tax, car insurance, road tax..hardly ever write cheques or post letters these days.

Same here. I also depepnd a lot (if not all) on online banking and with all this hacking going around, you're almost forced to pay for added security.
 
I hope this Ebay compromise hasn't affected Paypal....... 

It wasn't the online banks that stole all my money back in 2009... 

jamesg1213

paulo
 
 
 Online banking ? No thanks. People really need to wake up to what they are doing when putting personal information online however "secure" it's claimed to be.

I used to be of the same opinion, but I couldn't work without online banking now. The only time I go near the bank is to pay money in. In fact I do almost everything online now, pay bills, income tax, car insurance, road tax..hardly ever write cheques or post letters these days.

That's all well and good and I sincerely hope it doesn't come back and bite you one day, but the day will come when the banks will close all the branches citing that there is no need for them any more as "everyone" does their banking online these days. The result of that is that they will save loads of money that you can bet your life won't be passed on to the customer in any way and your only point of contact to the people who have your money will be a website. I think people really need to think about what they are setting themselves up for. There's only one reason that all the banks are pushing this and it isn't for the cutomers benefit. Yeah, it's convenient .....for now....
 
I am currently 3 months into having lost count of how many times of asking my energy supplier to answer a simple question via the www and I'm still no closer - and don't even get me started on their phone system ! These are my only choices and in 3 months neither of them have brought an answer.
 
Most times I go into the bank, a cashier will remind me that I "can do that online now". I always point out that once everybody does that they won't have a job any more. Sometimes you can actually hear the penny drop. ;)