eBay initially believed no user data had been compromised in breach

This week saw a huge eBay security compromise, which opened up user details on a major scale — but when the issue first came to light, the company didn't think any user data was involved. You can't have missed the story of this breach — and the ensuing fracas in which eBay was roundly criticized for its lackadaisical response this week. With passwords involved in the compromise, eBay's push …

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