eBay

eBay

eBay suffered from privacy breach in December 2017 that exposed customer names on Google.

The exposed information includes real name in a product review that left for a benign product like clothing or books is disturbing enough, Google was also displaying eBay customer names for sensitive purchases such as medical diagnostic tests including pregnancy, drug, and HIV home testing kits.

They investigated the incident and established a toll-free call center to help those affected by the breach.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/ebay-privacy-breach-exposes-customer-names-on-google/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/ebay

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"linkid": "ebay",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2017",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'E-commerce',
                        'name': 'eBay',
                        'type': 'Corporation'}],
 'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['Customer Names']},
 'date_detected': '2017-12-01',
 'description': 'eBay suffered from a privacy breach in December 2017 that '
                'exposed customer names on Google. The exposed information '
                'includes real names in product reviews for benign products '
                'like clothing or books, as well as sensitive purchases such '
                'as medical diagnostic tests including pregnancy, drug, and '
                'HIV home testing kits.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Customer Names']},
 'response': {'recovery_measures': ['Established a toll-free call center to '
                                    'help those affected by the breach']},
 'title': 'eBay Privacy Breach',
 'type': 'Privacy Breach'}
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