Dropbox storage platform online, he revealed that was robbed of more than 60 million accounts so it asked its users to change passwords.
According the Motherboard site specializing in news technology, systems dropbox underwent a ‘hack’ in 2012 and the cyber attackers 68 million accounts and passwords were taken.
in 2012, already had reported the incident but so far many were stolen accounts known. The number reaches the 68’680.741 accounts, all contained in four files that weigh about 5 gigabytes.
In a statement Dropbox explains that already took care of change passwords for users who do not update their data on the platform since 2012. However, the company recommends all users having the same email and password combination on other platforms, change the access data.
“we can confirm that the scope of changes in the passwords that we conducted last week has protected all affected users,” said Patrick Heim, chief of confidence to Dropbox.
the platform confirms that of those 68 million passwords, only 32 million are secured with ‘bcrypt’, which means that it is unlikely that cybercriminals can get many real passwords.
it is recommended to change the password for Dropbox because cybercriminals may try to use that information in other accounts and services.
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