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  [NEWS] Adobe admits 38 million users hacked Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-11-01 13:30 +1300

#3246 — [NEWS] Adobe admits 38 million users hacked

From today's tech news website junk emails ...

    Adobe admits 38 million users hacked, not 3 million
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    Adobe has admitted that 38 million users have been affected
    by a cyber security attack, after previously claiming only
    three million were impacted.

    The software giant, responsible for programs such as Adobe
    Photoshop, originally claimed three million customer
    accounts had credit card information stolen.

    But that was October 3, and nearly a month on, the company
    has revealed the situation more than ten times worse.

    Stealing source code to products Photoshop, Acrobat, 
    ColdFusion and ColdFusion Builder, the company¹s Chief 
    Security Officer Brad Arkin claims ³cyber attacks are one 
    of the unfortunate realities of doing business today.²

    ³Given the profile and widespread use of many of our
    products, Adobe has attracted increasing attention from 
    cyber attackers,² Arkin says, in an important security
    announcement on the company¹s blog page.

    ³Very recently, Adobe¹s security team discovered 
    sophisticated attacks on our network, involving the illegal
    access of customer information as well as source code for
    numerous Adobe products. We believe these attacks may be
    related.²

    Arkin believes the company¹s investigation currently 
    indicates that the attackers accessed Adobe customer IDs 
    and encrypted passwords on Adobe¹s systems.

    ³We also believe the attackers removed from our systems
    certain information relating to 2.9 million Adobe customers,
    including customer names, encrypted credit or debit card
    numbers, expiration dates, and other information relating
    to customer orders,² he adds. ³At this time, we do not
    believe the attackers removed decrypted credit or debit 
    card numbers from our systems.

    ³We deeply regret that this incident occurred. We¹re 
    working diligently internally, as well as with external
    partners and law enforcement, to address the incident.²

    As a result of the breach, Arkin told users the company is
    taking the following steps to stop the attack:

    ³As a precaution, we are resetting relevant customer 
    passwords to help prevent unauthorized access to Adobe ID
    accounts,² Arkin says. ³If your user ID and password were
    involved, you will receive an email notification from us
    with information on how to change your password.

    ³We also recommend that you change your passwords on any
    website where you may have used the same user ID and 
    password.

    ³We are in the process of notifying customers whose credit
    or debit card information we believe to be involved in the
    incident.

    ³If your information was involved, you will receive a 
    notification letter from us with additional information on
    steps you can take to help protect yourself against 
    potential misuse of personal information about you.

    ³Adobe is also offering customers, whose credit or debit
    card information was involved, the option of enrolling in
    a one-year complimentary credit monitoring membership 
    where available.²

    Arkin says it has notified the banks processing customer
    payments for Adobe, so that they can work with the 
    payment card companies and card-issuing banks to help 
    protect customers¹ accounts, as well as the federal law
    enforcement and are assisting in their investigation.

    ³Based on our findings to date, we are not aware of any
    specific increased risk to customers as a result of this
    incident,² Arkin concludes.

    ³We value the trust of our customers. We will work 
    aggressively to prevent these types of events from 
    occurring in the future.

    ³Again, we deeply regret any inconvenience this may 
    cause you.²

    If you would like additional information, please refer
    to Adobe¹s Customer Support page by clicking here:
<http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/customer-alert.html>

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