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Hackers Raid Ebay In Historic Breach, Access 145 Million Records


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John Donahoe, chief executive of eBay, speaks at the Reuters Global Technology Summit in San Francisco* Poised to go down as 2nd largest breach in U.S. history * EBay says encrypted passwords were taken * Says no reason to believe they have been unscrambled By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) - EBay Inc said that hackers raided its network three months ago, accessing some 145 million user records in what is poised to go down as one of the biggest data breaches in history, based on the number of accounts compromised. EBay spokeswoman Amanda Miller told Reuters late on Wednesday that those passwords were encrypted and that the company had no reason to believe the hackers had broken the code that scrambled them. "There is no evidence of impact on any eBay customers," Miller said.




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