Online auction site eBay has announced that the name, address, date of birth, telephone number, email address and encrypted password of EVERY eBay account holder worldwide – 233 million people – has been obtained by hackers. Considered to be one of the world’s largest ever online security breaches. eBay is encouraging all users to change their passwords as soon as possible. Because eBay accounts are linked to financial information including credit cards and PayPal accounts, the breach has limitless combinations of opportunity for personal identity damages.
