Software company behind Photoshop and Acrobat admits security breach a month ago was far bigger than first reported,the obtaining data on more than 38 million customer accounts.The software maker also said that hackers had stolen part of the source code to Photoshop editing software that is widely used by professional photographers.
Adobe disclosed the breach on 3 October, saying attackers took credit card information and other data from nearly 3 million customers' accounts.The company also said that the hackers accessed an undisclosed number of Adobe IDs and encrypted passwords that were stored in a separate database. On Tuesday, it revealed that about 38 million records from that database were stolen.
On O3 October, the company also reported that the attackers stole source code to three other products: Acrobat, ColdFusion and ColdFusion Builder.Adobe spokeswoman Heather Edell said the company is still investigating to determine how much invalid account information was breached and is in the process of notifying affected users.
Even though the company believes the stolen passwords were encrypted, the attackers may have been able to access them in plain text by one of several methods, including breaking the algorithm that Adobe used to scramble them, said Marcus Carey, a security researcher and expert on cyber-attacks, who formerly worked as an investigator with the National Security Agency(NSA).
They could likely use those passwords to break into other accounts because many people use the same passwords for multiple accounts, he said.
Now you know your personal data is not safe in anywhere,not only in social networking sites like Facebook,Google but also in Adobe also.
Adobe disclosed the breach on 3 October, saying attackers took credit card information and other data from nearly 3 million customers' accounts.The company also said that the hackers accessed an undisclosed number of Adobe IDs and encrypted passwords that were stored in a separate database. On Tuesday, it revealed that about 38 million records from that database were stolen.
On O3 October, the company also reported that the attackers stole source code to three other products: Acrobat, ColdFusion and ColdFusion Builder.Adobe spokeswoman Heather Edell said the company is still investigating to determine how much invalid account information was breached and is in the process of notifying affected users.
Even though the company believes the stolen passwords were encrypted, the attackers may have been able to access them in plain text by one of several methods, including breaking the algorithm that Adobe used to scramble them, said Marcus Carey, a security researcher and expert on cyber-attacks, who formerly worked as an investigator with the National Security Agency(NSA).
They could likely use those passwords to break into other accounts because many people use the same passwords for multiple accounts, he said.
Now you know your personal data is not safe in anywhere,not only in social networking sites like Facebook,Google but also in Adobe also.
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