Offstream
news

Security research firm NordLocker publishes a report on an anonymous trojan virus program that has stolen 1.2 terabytes of login credential information and personally identifiable information from 26 million users between 2018 and 2020. The login credentials were stored in a cloud database and ranged across a large selection of website types from almost a million websites including Amazon, eBay, Facebook, Twitter, Walmart, Apple, Paypal, Gmail, Netflix, and Steam. The malware also targeted stored files in desktops and Downloads folders. Over 6 million files were stolen, with 50% being text files, 1 million images, and 650,000 Word or PDF files. The malware also took screenshots and images of users with their own webcams.
2021-06-11

President Rafael Correa announces a sales tax increase, and a one-time levy on millionaires as the country deals with the enormous damage from this disaster.
2016-04-20

eBay announces plans to spin off its PayPal business and fire 2,400 employees during 2015.
2015-01-21

eBay forces its users to change their passwords after a database containing encrypted user passwords and other non-financial data is compromised by a cyber-attack.
2014-05-21

PayPal, the online payments business, a division of eBay, launches a European version of the PayPal Here mobile payments system.
2013-02-21

Hewlett-Packard fires CEO Léo Apotheker, replacing him with former eBay CEO Meg Whitman.
2011-09-22

The infamous hat worn by Princess Beatrice at the 2011 Royal Wedding has been sold on auction site eBay for £81,100.01. Funds raised from the sale will go to the charities UNICEF and Children in Crisis.
2011-05-22

Paul Allen's company, Interval Licensing LLC, files a patent infringement lawsuit against Google, Apple Computer, AOL, eBay, Facebook, Netflix, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Staples Inc., Yahoo and YouTube.
2010-08-27

J. D. Salinger's toilet is put on sale on eBay for $1 million.
2010-08-20

One of the balls used in the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final sells for £48,200 on eBay.
2010-07-17