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if you're one of the 145 million people who use eBay the online marketplace wants you to change your password we know that somebody hacked into a database owned by eBay of its customer information and this happened sometime in late February or March it was a little while ago as a result attackers gained access to personal details including users names encrypted passwords addresses birth dates phone numbers and email an eBay spokesperson told CNN it learned of the security breach in early May after discovering that a small group of employees credentials were compromised providing access to corporate networks eBay says no fraudulent activity has been detected and financial and credit card information wasn't affected in a statement PayPal said quote extensive forensic research has shown no evidence of unauthorized access still eBay is emailing all users advising them to create new passwords so make your password non-obvious totally unique don't share it use different passwords on different sites especially the ones that contain your most essential information like your bank sites to further boost security users should take advantage of two-factor authentication when available which requires a PIN code in addition to a password even if somebody has your password as long as they don't have your phone or your security key or whatever's providing you that second layer of authentication you're safe users who do detect suspicious activity should contact eBay customer service in San Francisco I'm Sumi dawson cnet.com for CBS News