Now days Dropbox team reset all
user passwords for all accounts that hadn’t changed them since near 2012.
Now, Motherboard reports that the company’s systems were hacked
in 2012, and the attackers were able to get away with 68 million usernames and
passwords. The legitimacy of the data was verified by Motherboard and vouched
for by security expert Troy Hunt.
If you hadn’t changed your
password since mid-2012, there’s not much reason to worry: since Dropbox forced
a password reset on those accounts, the old one hackers found in the file
wouldn’t be of any use. In addition, 32 million of the passwords were found to
be strongly hashed using crypt, while the rest used the slightly weaker SHA-1
algorithm. The passwords had also been salted, i.e. appended with a random
string of characters to obscure them further.
However, if you’ve used the same email address and password
combination on other services, you’ll want to change those right away. It’s
common for hackers to try using credentials from one company breach on other
services and accounts.
The
takeaway:
Change your passwords for Dropbox as well as other online accounts immediately, especially if you use the same password for multiple websites.
Also use a good password manager to create complex passwords for different sites as well as remember them. We have listed some best password managers that could help you understand the importance of password manager and choose one according to your requirement.
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