eBay just sent a notification to all users of its services to immediately change the password . The move was made because they have gained a cyber attack from hackers . Party eBay also said that the hackers had managed to access the company database that contains data encrypted passwords and other data on non - financial .
Party eBay revealed that up to now there has been no evidence of a break-in account that resulted suspicious activity on the site . However, they suggest to users to perform preventive steps to change the password .
eBay also said that credit card related data is still safe from the hands of the hackers . This is because they put the data separately and in an encrypted format . The company said that the cyber attacks are occurring in the range late February to early March . As a result , the hackers also managed to obtain data such as customer names , encrypted passwords , email addresses , home address , phone number and date of birth .
The hackers managed to access the information by breaking into several workers eBay login data . That way , they can finally have access to the corporate network belonging to eBay . Even so , eBay promises that financially related data such as credit card or PayPal is safe .