The password data leak at a software titan Adobe Systems affected about 47,000 e-mail addresses registered at dot-ee directory, Estonian national broadcasting corporation ERR reported referring to the Information System Authority of Estonia, cites LETA.The Authority of Information Systems advised people who used to use such services to change their passwords in services provided by Adobe, and other companies where the same password was used.
The leak was first announced by Adobe on October 2, and it has since turned out to be 20 times worse than originally thought.
As reported, Adobe Systems on October 4, 2013, warned that hackers breached its defenses and stole source code along with credit card numbers and other information relating to nearly three million customers.
The attacks were sophisticated, as representatives of Adobe noted. Both customer IDs and encrypted passwords on the systems were hacked, as representatives of the company noted.
Hackers are believed to have taken information relating to 2.9 million Adobe customers. The stolen data was said to include customer names, encrypted credit or debit card numbers, expiration dates and other information relating to people’s orders.
It appeared that no decrypted credit or debit card numbers were pilfered, AFP reported.
Source: The Baltic Course
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