eBay Hit by Major Cyberattack from Pro-Iranian Hackers
eBay, based in San Jose, is undergoing significant disruptions due to a cyberattack attributed to a hacker group supportive of Iran. This group has been targeting some of the biggest names in tech.
The “Islamic Cyber Resistance of Iraq – 313 Team” claimed they were behind the recent attack on eBay, leading to extensive outages that affected users for nearly two days last month, making it impossible to view listings or finalize transactions.
Experts in cybersecurity identified the attack as resembling a distributed denial of service (DDoS) tactic. Essentially, hackers bombard a company’s servers with so much fake traffic that it overwhelms the system.
The group proudly declared they executed a “Rapid Fire” attack designed to stress eBay’s infrastructure, warning that other American companies were in their sights.
In a rather stark message to eBay, they stated, “There’s an easy way. We have emailed you the session contact ID. If we cannot contact you, we will continue the attack. You’re losing money by the minute. Stop being foolish.”
Reports indicate that the attack may have cost eBay as much as $200 million per day, with trading gradually resuming as services began to recover.
But the hackers weren’t finished yet.
They also claimed responsibility for targeting Spotify, which resulted in numerous outage complaints from frustrated users. The group announced, “We carried out a major cyberattack targeting Spotify’s main servers, causing massive disruption to the website and completely disabling the application,” through a Telegram message.
The hackers escalated their threats further, stating, “We have completely shut down Spotify’s core internal servers and continue to disable the login interface. Big companies will not be left unpunished. We will retaliate.”
Spotify confirmed that they were experiencing considerable issues with their app and web player and mentioned they were looking into the causes of the disruption.
Additionally, the hacker group claimed unsuccessful attempts at attacking other platforms like WordPress and Goodreads, while they have previously targeted larger entities such as Microsoft, Amazon, Dropbox, and others.
