Adobe Hacked: Customer Info Stolen

[EowynCarter]

Originally Posted by library addict

My account was compromised. It said one other person used the same password. Guess I am not very creative.

It said that 27 peaple where using the same password than me.

No mater, the first thing i did was changing the password to a better one.
That password protect no sensitive account anyway.

[sharphamster]

I changed my password when this thread was posted - No notice from Adobe, and I've only used my ID for Digital Editions, but it was definitely time for a new one.

Put my email into LastPass yesterday just to see if my ID was on the list, and yep, turns out it was.

*Then* I received email from Adobe telling me about my compromised password.

Not super impressed with that.

[icycloudy]

Originally Posted by Mivo

Good thing our personal data is so well protected when we buy books instead of downloading them from dangerous, nasty sites that damage our computers and give us electronic cooties.

Yes, it is a good idea as well

[Gazella]

I remeber getting an email. I think I deleted it. Didn't change my password.

[soulfuldog]

Had already changed my password when I first got the email from Adobe, but mine was one of the compromised accounts. Thankfully the one thing I've bought from Adobe (Photoshop Elements) wasn't bought directly from them so they don't have any personal details other than my name in their account info.

[Jessica Lares]

I got an e-mail from Evernote today concerning the hack.

The subject line reads (I'm NOT kidding!): Your Adobe password may have been compromised, please don’t reuse it

Thanks for that... Not.

There were published reports recently of a security breach at Adobe that may have exposed private information, including Adobe passwords, email addresses and passwords hints of millions of users. The list of compromised Adobe accounts has been uploaded to the web. We compared this list to our user email addresses and found that the email address you used to register for an Evernote account is on the list of exposed Adobe accounts.

Evernote has not been compromised and is not connected to this incident, but if you used the same password for Adobe and Evernote, then you should change your Evernote password now.

Here are some additional tips for keeping your information in Evernote, and other websites, safe:

• Avoid using simple passwords based on dictionary words
• Never use the same password on multiple sites or services
• Never click on ‘reset password’ requests in emails — instead go directly to the service

For additional security, you can set up Two-Step Verification for your Evernote account in Evernote Web Settings. For more information about Two-Step Verification, read our blog post:

http://blog.evernote.com/blog/2013/1...-to-all-users/

If you have any questions or concerns, Evernote Support is here to help.

The Evernote Security Team

I feel like I jut got slapped on the wrist.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by Jessica Lares

I got an e-mail from Evernote today concerning the hack.

The subject line reads (I'm NOT kidding!): Your Adobe password may have been compromised, please don’t reuse it

Thanks for that... Not.



I feel like I jut got slapped on the wrist.

Ridiculous that companies are comparing our email addresses!

[Jessica Lares]

Originally Posted by Blossom

Ridiculous that companies are comparing our email addresses!

They did this when the Yahoo e-mail addresses got leaked too. Think both Amazon and IMDB sent me e-mails. They do it because if a hacker can successfully log into your account on THOSE websites, it's going to make it easier to guess how passwords are being encrypted in the databases on their servers. It opens a door to someone trying to get in there anyway.

Better safe than sorry.

[Lynx-lynx]

BTW I've received a hoax Paypal email recently .... and it may or may not be connected .... but it is the same email account.

Yep .... I'm going to start several new email accounts, different providers, and change all my accounts over.

I did that at the end of last year too ... I can see that doing it yearly is how it's going to be from now on (or more than once a year if otherwise compromised of course)

[ApK]

I just got the adobe email today. Weird that it's so late coming.

Originally Posted by Blossom

Ridiculous that companies are comparing our email addresses!

I don't understand what you see wrong there. They are being proactive. Yea.

[Loosheesh]

Originally Posted by ApK

I just got the adobe email today. Weird that it's so late coming.


I don't understand what you see wrong there. They are being proactive. Yea.

I appreciated the email from Evernote because I meant to change my passwords at other sites (at the time of the Adobe breach) and I never got to all of them (and forgot about it, to be honest ). Between yesterday and today I went through my LastPass account and it was amazing the number of sites I'd used the same email and password at, a few of them with my credit card info too

[Ripplinger]

LastPass has always had a Security Checker where it will analyze your vault and will warn you about weak passwords, passwords used multiple times, etc. They've also recently added a security check about all your emails as well. With LastPass, there's no reason to ever use the same password twice.

https://lastpass.com/index.php?secur...&lpnorefresh=1