By John McCarthy

Cyber crooks have been exploiting online marketplace eBay by redirecting users to external sites using fake item listings designed to steal usernames and passwords.

The external site used a technique called ‘phishing’ whereupon users are required to ‘sign in’ to their account on a spoof eBay page providing crooks with access to people’s eBay accounts.

According to a BBC report, the issue was first flagged up by ‘eBay PowerSeller’ Paul Kerr, an IT worker from Alloa, who informed the firm that a listing for an iPhone 5S was acting suspiciously after it took him to an unusual web address.

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Source: The Drum