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Dropbox Wasn't Hacked, Says Leaked Credentials Are From Unrelated Services

Posted by timothy on from the effect-is-the-same-to-users dept.

An anonymous reader writes Dropbox has denied that they have been hacked, and that the login credentials leaked by an unknown individual on Pastebin are those of Dropbox users. "Your stuff is safe. The usernames and passwords referenced in these articles were stolen from unrelated services, not Dropbox. Attackers then used these stolen credentials to try to log in to sites across the internet, including Dropbox," Anton Mityagin from the Dropbox security department noted in a post.

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  1. Finger pointing by tomhath · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Dropbox wasn't hacked, but your email address and password were. This is why I hate websites that insist on harvesting email addresses. I know one might be needed for some purposes but don't show it without additional authentication, or better yet, don't ever show it..