Thanks to Gene Smith for
this link.
“Bay, the hot one-to-one auction site, was hacked on Saturday,
March 13 by a 22-year-old college student who goes by the handle
MagicFX. But the story doesn’t end there. The hacker maintains
access to the site and can return at will. He has “root” access to
eBay’s computers, the same kind the legitimate administrators
enjoy. This means he could change prices or place fake ads, divert
traffic to other sites or even take down the entire network.”
“This was starkly illustrated to this reporter on Wednesday
night, when the hacker, to prove his point, took down eBay’s home
page for two minutes and replaced it with the message:”
“Proof by MagicFX that you can’t always trust people? not even
huge companies. (who woulda known that?)”
“It’s 9:30 PM . . . do you know who has YOUR credit card
information?”