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Adobe Hacked: Almost 3 Million Accounts Compromised

Posted by samzenpus on from the breaking-in dept.

sl4shd0rk writes "Adobe Systems Inc. is expected to announce today that hackers broke into its network and stole source code for an as-yet undetermined number of software titles, including its ColdFusion Web application platform, and possibly its Acrobat family of products. The company said hackers also accessed nearly three million customer credit card records, and stole login data for an undetermined number of Adobe user accounts."

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  1. See... this is why I torrent cracked versions. by hawks5999 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's too risky to give your credit card number to a company like Adobe.

    1. Re:See... this is why I torrent cracked versions. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      As the article says. They'll also give your credit card to anyone else who asks their computer nicely for it too...

  2. PDF Exploit? by Statecraftsman · · Score: 5, Funny

    What are the odds this attack didn't involve a pdf exploit?

    1. Re:PDF Exploit? by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Funny

      If you upgrade to a suitably new version of Acrobat, you can put your flash exploits inside your exploit PDF. Totally worth the license fee.

  3. Re:First post! by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your post looks photoshopped. Yep, definitely. The reflections are all wrong.

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    Ezekiel 23:20
  4. Code analysis by kav2k · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, let me recap.
    Adobe just lost the source code to one of the most exposed attack surfaces known for vulnerabilities?
    That'll be one hell of a peer review.