Sterling Auctions Site Up *DO NOT BID at this time*

Baseball Rarities · #1 12-19-2020, 04:17 PM

I received this email this morning:

12/19/2020 Update SimpleAuctionSite Server Outage

Valued Simple Auction Site Customer,

I wanted to give you an update as to where we are currently. We have hired a professional team to handle this situation. The companies name is Spear Tip, and they are experts in handling these types of situations. They have made contact with the hackers, and have paid the initial ransom. We are awaiting the hackers' reply to unencrypt their servers. Once they give us the key to unencrypt the data, we will start the process which could take anywhere from a few hours to a few days.

As always, we appreciate your patience and understanding as we go through this difficult time.

Best Regards,

Bob Freedman
CEO, Simple Auction Site

Casey2296 · #2 12-19-2020, 04:21 PM

Kevin,
Did Bob mention anything about personal information being compromised?
Thank you,
Phil

Baseball Rarities · #3 12-19-2020, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Kevin,
Did Bob mention anything about personal information being compromised?
Thank you,
Phil

Nothing was mentioned in the email that I received.

BRoberts · #4 12-19-2020, 04:22 PM

Thanks Kevin. Your post and that email pretty much addresses my concerns.

swarmee · #5 12-19-2020, 04:31 PM

So, a ransomware issue.

botport · #6 12-19-2020, 04:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baseball Rarities

They have made contact with the hackers, and have paid the initial ransom. We are awaiting the hackers' reply to unencrypt their servers. Once they give us the key to unencrypt the data, we will start the process which could take anywhere from a few hours to a few days.

Is this normal ? Can someone explain if this is how these situations are usually handled ?

Tabe · #7 12-21-2020, 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by botport

Is this normal ? Can someone explain if this is how these situations are usually handled ?

Yes, it's very normal.

Shoeless Moe · #8 12-19-2020, 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baseball Rarities

They have made contact with the hackers, and have paid the initial ransom. We are awaiting the hackers' reply to unencrypt their servers. Once they give us the key to unencrypt the data, we will start the process which could take anywhere from a few hours to a few days.

As always, we appreciate your patience and understanding as we go through this difficult time.

Best Regards,

Bob Freedman
CEO, Simple Auction Site

C'mon Bob don't pay the ransom! Go out and get Liam Neeson & Harrison Ford, they'll deal with the hackers the right way.

todeen · #9 12-19-2020, 08:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

C'mon Bob don't pay the ransom! Go out and get Liam Neeson & Harrison Ford, they'll deal with the hackers the right way.

One of the top posts of 2020!

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Mark17 · #10 12-19-2020, 08:24 PM

This affects a lot of AH I deal with, so I'm wondering what personal info was exposed if any, like payment method info.

Aquarian Sports Cards · #11 12-19-2020, 08:36 PM

Since they've taken control of Simple's servers I think it would be smart to assume data has been compromised.

sb1 · #12 12-20-2020, 06:13 AM

There is little personal data at risk for most of AH's affected.

When you register, you provide your name, address, email and phone. No financial info or any kind(credit card or bank account info) nor SS #.

AH's taking Paypal and Credit cards might have another issue, if they have data on their server, more likely it's on the payment processors side and quite secure.

I think the jist here was to hold Simple hostage and not gain benefit from the users info, otherwise they would have stayed quiet and milked the data for a long time.

Aquarian Sports Cards · #13 12-20-2020, 10:34 AM

I understand what you're saying Scott, my point was to err on the side of caution, not that anything definitively happened.

drcy · #14 12-20-2020, 11:13 AM

I think Scott's assessment makes sense. If they were stealing personal financial information, they wouldn't say anything. They would try to be completely covert about that.

Quote:

Originally Posted by sb1

There is little personal data at risk for most of AH's affected.

When you register, you provide your name, address, email and phone. No financial info or any kind(credit card or bank account info) nor SS #.

AH's taking Paypal and Credit cards might have another issue, if they have data on their server, more likely it's on the payment processors side and quite secure.

I think the jist here was to hold Simple hostage and not gain benefit from the users info, otherwise they would have stayed quiet and milked the data for a long time.

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