Simple Auctions Hacked Again

[mantlefan]

How many times does this have to happen until Auction houses start using another company? (Create Auctions) SA should have implemented security patches after the last attack.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by mantlefan

How many times does this have to happen until Auction houses start using another company? SA should have done a better job of protecting their data.

As long as customers keep bidding and the AHs make $ it will never change. We as collectors seem to turn a blind eye to a LOT of stuff.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by mantlefan

How many times does this have to happen until Auction houses start using another company? (Create Auctions) SA should have implemented security patches after the last attack.

Has any auction changed companies since SA started having these problems or are they all just staying the course despite all the issues?

[prewarsports]

We switched about four years ago from SA to Create.

[Shoeless Moe]

Day 3


and still nothing.


getting annoying.

[bobbyw8469]

Seriously...this is ridiculous.

[Mark17]

Hopefully, after the ransom was paid and the hackers helped the sites come back up, there was a thorough analysis of all the code to be sure the hackers didn't leave any back doors, or redirect links.

I had won an auction with VSA and there was no way I was going to pay through their website - I went down and paid in person. Had they been too far away, I would've mailed a check. Even opening an invoice in .pdf format would make me nervous.

I think it is false security to assume that payment info is safe because it isn't collected or stored by the various AH. IF the hackers left spyware on the servers - and I'm not saying they did, but since they had control of the servers for several days (including that weekend they supposedly weren't working,) unless and until a full forensic analysis is performed and results made public, we don't really know what's going on.

[notfast]

I just don’t understand why these auction houses, that are “breaking records” left and right, are putting up with this. I’m sure consigners don’t like their 6-7 figure cards being for sale on websites that go down so often.

[RedsFan1941]

i knew a guy once whose roof was damaged by high winds and started leaking. he put a couple blue tarps on his roof over the trouble spots. he left those tarps up for years even though they didn't fix the problem. but they were cheaper than a new roof.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by notfast

I just don’t understand why these auction houses, that are “breaking records” left and right, are putting up with this. I’m sure consigners don’t like their 6-7 figure cards being for sale on websites that go down so often.

They seem to be very loyal to Bob, for whatever reason?