68 million Dropbox accounts leaked
Millions os Dropbox users have been forced to change their password this week. Dropbox has reset the passwords of those users that had not changed it since 2012, after discovering a dump of accounts related with an incident mid 2012. Of the 68 millions accounts disclosed, approximately half used a safe hash algorithm (bcrypt) while the rest used the unsafe SHA1.
References:
- 30/08/2016 motherboard.vice.com Hackers Stole Account Details for Over 60 Million Dropbox Users
- 31/08/2016 troyhunt.com The Dropbox hack is real
- 31/08/2016 nakedsecurity.sophos.com Dropbox hack leads to 68 million passwords dumped online
- 31/07/2012 blogs.dropbox.com Security update and new features
- 31/08/2016 incibe.es Filtradas credenciales de Dropbox
- 26/08/2016 blogs.dropbox.com Resetting passwords to keep your files safe