Security News > 2008 > April > eBay's Korean Unit Apologizes for Hacking Incident

http://www.telecomskorea.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5518&Itemid=2 by T_Korea 17 April 2008 U.S. auction giant eBay's Korean unit apologized Thursday for a hacking incident that lead to leaks of private information of more than 10 million users of its service. Park Joo-man, president of Internet Auction, said in an e-mail apology sent to affected users that the hacking of its website in early February lead to the leaking of information of some 10,810,000 users as of its latest tally with the police. Internet Auction is controlled by the San Jose, California-based eBay. "We deeply apologize for causing concern resulting from the hacking crime," Park said. The company, after a joint investigation with the police, said that more than 90 percent of the information outflow was of names, IDs and resident registration numbers. Credit card and passwords were not likely included in the leak, it added. The company and the police allege that a user with the ID named "fuckkr" may have hacked into the company's website using a type of worm via an overseas IP address. YonhapNewsAgency -==- Let identityLoveSock take your personal information into their wanting hands. http://www.identity-love-sock.com/ Because victims have money too.

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