Just bumping this up so that more may have the chance to see it.
Please realize that ebay employees fell victim to phishing emails, many ebay member's ID were stolen/acquired accounts taken over etc, and the database was hacked!

There is a lot more to it than that though... believe me when I tell you. muahahaha

Read the 'official' reports here

Romanian detained over a $3 million cyber fraud against eBay Inc.

and here:

Suspect in EBay Phishing Scam Arrested in Romania

You may notice in the video Mr Donahoe claims 80% decrease in 'phishing', yet among ebay staff, the percentage rose by hundreds, if not thousands. rotflmao!