September 1, 2016

Stolen Dropbox passwords are circulating online. Here’s how to check if your account’s compromised — Quartz

By acflory

If you got an email from Dropbox asking you to reset your password earlier this week, it’s a good idea to do it. Nearly 70 million stolen Dropbox passwords are circulating online, according to Motherboard, which obtained the data. The file-sharing service has confirmed the passwords are linked to a breach that took place in…

via Stolen Dropbox passwords are circulating online. Here’s how to check if your account’s compromised — Quartz

In view of my recent post about Cloud storage, this article from Quartz is super important…whether you use Dropbox or not.

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About acflory

I am the kind of person who always has to know why things are the way they are so my interests range from genetics and biology to politics and what makes people tick. For fun I play online mmorpgs, read, listen to a music, dance when I get the chance and landscape my rather large block. Work is writing. When a story I am working on is going well I'm on cloud nine. On bad days I go out and dig big holes... View all posts by acflory
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