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Adobe Breach Compromised Over 38 Million Users, Photoshop Source Code

Posted by Soulskill on from the downside-to-massive-reach dept.

rjmarvin writes "Adobe's investigation into the massive data breach they were hit with this past August has revealed that over 38 million active users, not to mention inactive accounts, had their user IDs and passwords pilfered by hackers. An Adobe spokesperson confirmed the number, along with the theft of Adobe Photoshop source code. The initial report earlier this month put the extent of the breach at only 3 million credit card accounts, plus stolen Adobe Acrobat, Reader and ColdFusion source code."

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  1. We can always hope by nospam007 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The breach was made possible by a bug in Adobe Acrobat Reader I hope.
    That would be Karma.

    1. Re:We can always hope by dgatwood · · Score: 5, Insightful

      In my experience, it's a safe bet that any company that cuts as many corners as Adobe does in one area probably cuts corners in almost every other area. This leads to the obvious question of whether the crackers will find any serious security holes in Photoshop and exploit them. Given how much they seem to resist fixing even the most trivial bugs in Photoshop, I'd be willing to bet that the entire codebase is an unholy cesspool, which means it is probably rife with security holes, too.

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    2. Re:We can always hope by X0563511 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I think we can all agree that there's no need for an NSA-specific backdoor in that piece of crap...

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    3. Re:We can always hope by dhaines · · Score: 4, Insightful

      ...they seem to resist fixing even the most trivial bugs in Photoshop...

      Adobe fixes bugs! They save up all the fixes then charge for them in the next release.

    4. Re:We can always hope by tbuddy · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Now that we have no more perpetual licensing the issue of having to pay for a next release is a non-issue. They still haven't pushed out a compelling feature for my licenses to merit upgrading, however.

  2. The untold story by dysmal · · Score: 5, Funny

    The untold story is that the hackers tried to give back the source code but Adobe said NO GIVE BACKS!

    1. Re:The untold story by icebike · · Score: 5, Funny

      Given the level of bloat in Photoshop and Acrobat, I'm amazed the hackers had enough disk space and time to download it.

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    2. Re:The untold story by X0563511 · · Score: 4, Funny

      95% of the codebase is the secret bug-generator. They just made sure not to pull down that external repository.

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    3. Re:The untold story by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 4, Funny

      Given the level of bloat in Photoshop and Acrobat, I'm amazed the hackers had enough disk space and time to download it.

      The source is actually only 370 KB. The rest comes from C++ template instantiation.

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  3. No News Is Good News by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Adobe hasn't notified me of anything so my data must be safe. Right?

    Right?

    1. Re:No News Is Good News by icebike · · Score: 4, Funny

      Adobe hasn't notified me of anything so my data must be safe. Right?

      Right?

      I got dozens of different notices. They had links to places where I could change my password. Lots of different places.

      I could forward you a few if you want.

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  4. Cloudy skies by girlintraining · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So how's that new "Cloud all the apps" thing working out for you guys so far? Ah. I see you leaked pretty much your whole database of people who had signed up for it. Well then, carry on.

    In other news, I hope your new strategy crashes into the dirt so hard the only thing that'll be memorable about Adobe in 5 years will be is the case study on it in business classes around the world on how not to do it.

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    1. Re:Cloudy skies by aiadot · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Whether the cloud strategy is working or not doesn't matter. As long as artists, web designers, graphic designers, wannabes, etc, keeping using Photoshop et al for everything they do, even when is completely unnecessary either because there are cheaper, sufficient or better alternatives depending on the job, Adobe has no need to listen to reason. They'll still be making all the money they want.

  5. Would suck to be them by jones_supa · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I know we're gonna get all the "ha ha, it's an evil megacorp anyway", but damn it must be stressful moments to some of the folks at Adobe. :/ Especially if the source code leaks turn out to be true.

    1. Re:Would suck to be them by sconeu · · Score: 3, Informative

      Allow me to introduce you to a new word... Schadenfreude.

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    2. Re:Would suck to be them by InfiniteLoopCounter · · Score: 3, Interesting

      I know we're gonna get all the "ha ha, it's an evil megacorp anyway", but damn it must be stressful moments to some of the folks at Adobe. :/ Especially if the source code leaks turn out to be true.

      Leaking the source will be a big embarrassment for Adobe. I mean given the quality of the applications there will probably be lots of comments on top of functions that say:

      We have no idea what this function does. The guy who wrote it left and it is used for backwards capability. It is also tied into main areas of the program and can't be removed.

    3. Re:Would suck to be them by pwizard2 · · Score: 4, Funny

      The rest of the world can finally see how god-awful their code really is.

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  6. Re:With Photoshop "open sourced" by Stormwatch · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's a very stylish lens.

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  7. Why was the sourcecode even on the server? by Nyder · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Anyone else wondering why the sourcecode was even able to be accessed? Seems like a stupid thing to have on a web server, or able to access from a web server.

    That's like leaving a laptop sitting on a seat in car while you are out shopping/whatever.

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    1. Re:Why was the sourcecode even on the server? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      You think that's bad? GIMP puts all of their source and even the bug tracker on publicly accessible web servers.

  8. Re:With Photoshop "open sourced" by X0563511 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is that what they implemented in the recent Star Trek movies?

    Lens Flair: Using lens flares to add flair.

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  9. Re:Hmm... Source Code... by XanC · · Score: 3, Informative

    According to their FAQ:
    http://www.gimp.org/docs/userfaq.html#cmyk

    "It is clear from the product vision that GIMP eventually needs to support CMYK, but it is impossible to say when someone finds the free time and motivation to add it."

    So they're not anti-CMYK, it just hasn't been done yet.

  10. Re:Hmm... Source Code... by mark-t · · Score: 4, Interesting

    CMYK and more should be there for 2.10, once GEGL and babl are fully incorporated.

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  11. Re:Hmm... Source Code... by 0123456 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sounds like another open source project with inappropriate funding.

    They have much more important things to do. Like crippling the 'Save As' window so it can now only 'Save As' GIMP format, and you have to 'Export' to save a JPEG.

  12. Re:Oh no! by Mordok-DestroyerOfWo · · Score: 3

    I don't. Their source code would be better off in the hands of just about anybody else, including monkeys with typewriters.

    I was under the impression that it was initially created by monkeys with typewriters.

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  13. Re:With Photoshop "open sourced" by dgatwood · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oops. I think you just a word there.

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