"Cybersecurity firm Vecert reported Sunday that 'a coordinated offensive has been detected against the global infrastructure of eBay, one of the giants of e-commerce.'"
"'The hacktivist group 313 Team (Islamic Cyber Resistance in Iraq) has claimed responsibility for a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack that has rendered critical platform services inoperable.'"
"'The group claims to be employing rapid fire assault tactics, designed to intermittently saturate network resources, thereby hindering mitigation efforts by eBay's IT teams.'"
"'We appreciate your patience as we work to resolve this.' The company statement promised it would protect its sellers by removing any negative feedback from customers."
eBay faced intermittent technical issues affecting buyers and sellers globally, disrupting transactions worth $200 million daily. A cybersecurity firm reported a DDoS attack claimed by the hacktivist group 313 Team. The attack rendered critical services inoperable and employed tactics to saturate network resources, complicating mitigation efforts. eBay acknowledged the issues and assured customers that negative feedback related to the disruptions would be removed. The company did not provide an explanation for the outage and was slow to respond to inquiries.
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