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eBay – a company that is entrusted with millions of people's personal data – is asking users to change their passwords in the wake of a cyber-attack that compromised encrypted passwords and other “non-financial” data.

Facebook users whose accounts that may be compromised will be offered antivirus scanning and removal from the site, using F-Secure and Trend Micro security.

Facebook has integrated new security capabilities into its abuse detection and prevention systems, so that users are immediately alerted when they log into their accounts from infected devices.

Facebook users' accounts and devices have the opportunity to utilize Trend Micro's free anti-virus tools to scan and clean their systems.

The hackers likely used a "spear phishing" attack to infiltrate eBay's systems, says JD Sherry, vice president for technology and solutions for Trend Micro, a computer security firm in Dallas, Tex.