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There is no evidence yet that this is real, so we're burying the post.

See my post below - ebay states this when you reset your password: To protect the security and privacy of our customers, we’re asking all eBay users to reset their passwords on or after May 21, 2014. If you already reset your password and forgot it, please follow the reset process below. Learn more

Try with an ebay account and then revisit this decision.

Nobody is debating that a breach occurred. But there's no evidence that this paste is from someone who actually holds the stolen data.

Just because there is no evidence doesn't mean that it should be ignored. Lots of things don't yet have evidence but it is still worth letting people know so that they are ready to take the appropriate action when the time comes.

Let's face it. Lots of posts on HN are pure speculation but they don't get buried. In this case, leaving it up won't do any harm? If it's not real, then no problem. You may have convinced a few people that they should change their passwords though, but that is a good thing. If it is real, then people will already have changed their passwords. It is win win.

Personally, I'm getting really sick of the mods deciding what news is and isn't relevant and/or suitable for me.

No one is purporting to decide what's suitable for you personally. It's a question of what belongs on the HN front page. If the speculation were coming from a known source, this might be a harder call. But an anonymous pastebin that no one has any evidence for? That falls below any standard. So what you're really saying is that HN should have no editors at all, and that's not how HN has ever worked.

This was a good call. eBay has just officially denied that the user data is theirs [1], and there are claims online that the data was from a separate previous breach [2]. This is almost definitely a scam.

[1] http://www.digitalnewsasia.com/security/ebay-hackers-offer-d...

[2] http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/267015/ebay_user_dat...

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