eBay asks million users to change passwords after cyber attack

American multinational Internet consumer-to-consumer corporation eBay has asked its users to change their passwords after a cyber attack.

The hack compromised database containing names, passwords and other personal information of millions of users.

According to the BBC, the US firm said a database had been hacked between late February and early March.

The database contained encrypted passwords and other non-financial data, including customers' name, encrypted password, email address, physical address, phone number and date of birth.

The company added that it had no evidence of there being unauthorised activity on its members' accounts.

However, it said that users should change their passwords as it was the 'best practice and will help enhance security for eBay users'.

The California-based company has 128 million active users and accounted for 212 billion dollars worth of commerce on its various marketplaces and other services in 2013.

According to the report, a spokesman added that the firm's engineers were in the process of rolling out a feature that would oblige members to choose new passwords when they next logged in.