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eBay

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eBay has appeared in 291 articles since 2015-01. Coverage peaked in 2025Q1 with 10 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Amazon, Facebook, PayPal, TechCrunch.

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Coverage Timeline

2025-06-01
Bloomberg 1 related

Grow a Garden, a hit game on Roblox, has spawned a market where in-game items are sold for real money on sites like eBay, potentially violating Roblox's ToS

and spawned a market for virtual crops and livestock that appears to violate company rules https://www.bloomberg.com/... Cecilia D'Anastasio / @cecianasta : New: Record-breaking Roblox game Grow A Gar...

2024-02-27
BleepingComputer 8 related

Researchers detail a spam campaign using 21K hijacked abandoned domains and subdomains from brands like eBay, MSN, and VMware to send ~5M malicious emails daily

A massive ad fraud campaign named “SubdoMailing” is using over 8,000 legitimate internet domains and 13,000 subdomains to send …

2023-06-06
Ars Technica

Counterfeit tech scams run amok on Walmart and eBay because the platforms, despite their resources, have failed to properly vet sellers and products

If I can spot a fake SSD, why can't Walmart?  —  Online retailers that host third-party sellers, like Amazon and Walmart, have extensive, competitively priced electronics selections.

2022-12-27
New York Times 2 related

German researchers bought a US military device, last used in Afghanistan in 2012, with fingerprints, iris scans, and other data on 2,632 people, for $68 on eBay

German security researchers studying biometric capture devices popular with the U.S. military got more than they expected for $68 on eBay.

2022-06-18
The Guardian

How eBay, launched in 1995 as AuctionWeb, anticipated many of the key features that would define a “platform” and unlocked the profit potential of the internet

Ben Tarnoff / The Guardian : Tweets: @moiragweigel and @bentarnoff Tweets: Moira Weigel / @moiragweigel : Today, much critical discourse on the internet focuses on search and social media platforms. ...

2021-09-16
The Block 20 related

NFT marketplace OpenSea acknowledges that its head of product, Nate Chastain, purchased NFTs he knew were going to be displayed prominently

On Wednesday the crypto marketplace … Will Feuer / New York Post : Mark Cuban-backed NFT marketplace admits insider trading incident Justina Lee / Bloomberg : Insider Scandal Shakes Up the Booming Wor...

2021-07-16
Wall Street Journal

Companies are taking supply-chain risks due to the global chip shortage, with some falling victim to fraudsters and sellers hawking counterfeit chips

Global semiconductor shortage attracts fraudsters, counterfeits; 'Of course, a bunch of them didn't work,' a buyer says Tweets: @ajitpai , @stephanieayang , @wsj , and @jchengwsj Tweets: Ajit Pai / @a...

2020-11-24
CyberNews 5 related

Researchers find actively-exploited backdoors in low-cost Jetstream and Wavlink routers sold at Walmart, Amazon, and eBay

what you need to know Anthony Spadafora / TechRadar : These routers might give hackers a back door into your home network Tweets: @curtisschin : Underscoring that cheap can be costly when it comes to ...

2020-06-25
Wall Street Journal

Sources and documents detail a months-long cyberstalking and harassment campaign by members of eBay's security team against those behind the ECommerceBytes blog

Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @kadhim , @nongaap , @abihabib , @gzuckerman , @kyweise , @rebeccaballhaus , @roncharles , @karissabe , @daviduberti , @harrymccracken , @arawnsley , @harrymccracken , @...

2020-06-18
Wired

eBay confirms that ex-CEO Devin Wenig is the person who allegedly ordered six eBay employees to initiate a cyberstalking campaign; Wenig is not being charged

Surveillance.  Harassment.  A live cockroach delivery.  US attorneys have charged six former eBay workers in association with an outrageous cyberstalking campaign. Tweets: @karlbode , @wired , @lachla...

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eBay has appeared in 222 Techmeme articles since January 2015. The biggest stories include eBay agrees to acquire secondhand clothing app Depop from Etsy for ~$1.2B in cash; Etsy... and OpenAI partners with DoorDash, eBay, Instacart, Priceline, StubHub, Uber, and other.... Frequently covered alongside Amazon, PayPal, TechCrunch, Facebook, and GMV. Coverage has shifted toward developer, consumer themes and away from enterprise, competition.

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2024Q2research -17pts; competition +8pts; regulation -17pts
2024Q3enterprise +50pts; competition -25pts
2024Q4enterprise -100pts; safety +50pts; regulation +50pts

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