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PAR · 10-16-2014, 07:44 AM

Nearly 7 Million Dropbox Account Passwords Allegedly Hacked

Dropbox, the popular online locker service, appears to have been hacked by an unnamed hacker group. It is still unclear how the account details of so many users were accessed and, indeed, if they are actually legitimate or not. However, the group claims to have accessed details from nearly 7 million individual accounts and are threatening to release users? photos, videos and other files.

That being said Drop box is saying it wasn't Hacked.

Dropbox says it wasn't hacked after 7 million alleged user credentials appear online | PCWorld

At least five additional ?teaser? posts appeared Monday and Tuesday on Pastebin, containing between 100 and 900 credentials each.

?Recent news articles claiming that Dropbox was hacked aren?t true,? Anton Mityagin, a Dropbox security engineer said Monday in a blog post. ?Your stuff is safe.?

According to Mityagin, the usernames and passwords posted were likely stolen from other services, but since the reuse of credentials for different online accounts is common among users, attackers tried to use them on different sites, including Dropbox.

?We have measures in place to detect suspicious login activity and we automatically reset passwords when it happens,?

Markul · 10-16-2014, 07:47 AM

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MrTrollkien · 10-16-2014, 07:49 AM

Two Factor Authentication prevents this from being an issue.

just a punk · 10-16-2014, 07:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PAR

Dropbox Hacked?

Yes it has been hacked.

candyflip · 10-16-2014, 07:59 AM

No it hasn't been hacked. A third party application was hacked and they attempted to use those login/pass combos to get into Dropbox. There's a difference.

I have two factor auth set up on every account that will let me.

TeenCat · 10-16-2014, 08:18 AM

dropbox says they are changing password when they see strange login activity, but in this case, that was totally off topic, because none of the passwords have been changed, because if the user:pass combinations were from other service, dropbox cannot see strange activity as on every account was only one login attempt, so saying thise missleading informations makes you thinking where the truth is

10-16-2014, 07:44 AM	#1
PAR Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,836	Dropbox Hacked? Nearly 7 Million Dropbox Account Passwords Allegedly Hacked Dropbox, the popular online locker service, appears to have been hacked by an unnamed hacker group. It is still unclear how the account details of so many users were accessed and, indeed, if they are actually legitimate or not. However, the group claims to have accessed details from nearly 7 million individual accounts and are threatening to release users? photos, videos and other files. That being said Drop box is saying it wasn't Hacked. Dropbox says it wasn't hacked after 7 million alleged user credentials appear online \| PCWorld At least five additional ?teaser? posts appeared Monday and Tuesday on Pastebin, containing between 100 and 900 credentials each. ?Recent news articles claiming that Dropbox was hacked aren?t true,? Anton Mityagin, a Dropbox security engineer said Monday in a blog post. ?Your stuff is safe.? According to Mityagin, the usernames and passwords posted were likely stolen from other services, but since the reuse of credentials for different online accounts is common among users, attackers tried to use them on different sites, including Dropbox. ?We have measures in place to detect suspicious login activity and we automatically reset passwords when it happens,?

10-16-2014, 07:59 AM	#5
candyflip Carpe Visio Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New York Posts: 43,052	No it hasn't been hacked. A third party application was hacked and they attempted to use those login/pass combos to get into Dropbox. There's a difference. I have two factor auth set up on every account that will let me. __________________ Spend you some brain. Email Me Last edited by candyflip; 10-16-2014 at 08:07 AM..

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TeenCat Too lazy to set a koala Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: CZ/EU forever! Posts: 16,139	dropbox says they are changing password when they see strange login activity, but in this case, that was totally off topic, because none of the passwords have been changed, because if the user:pass combinations were from other service, dropbox cannot see strange activity as on every account was only one login attempt, so saying thise missleading informations makes you thinking where the truth is __________________ 6bot / Coming again very soon! Svit Zlin Radio 24/7!

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10-16-2014, 07:49 AM	#3
MrTrollkien So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Germany Posts: 2,360	Two Factor Authentication prevents this from being an issue.