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Other => Computer News => Topic started by: Mulreay on August 31, 2016, 06:22:20 AM

Title: Dropbox Hacked - More than 68 million account details leaked online
Post by: Mulreay on August 31, 2016, 06:22:20 AM
Hackers have obtained credentials for more than 68 Million accounts for online cloud storage platform Dropbox from a known 2012 data breach.
Dropbox has confirmed the breach and already notified its customers of a potential forced password resets, though the initial announcement failed to specify the exact number of affected users.
However, in a selection of files obtained through sources in the database trading community and breach notification service Leakbase, Motherboard found around 5GB of files containing details on 68,680,741 accounts, which includes email addresses and hashed (and salted) passwords for Dropbox users.
An unnamed Dropbox employee verified the legitimacy of the data.
Out of 68 Million, almost 32 Million passwords are secured using the strong hashing function "BCrypt," making difficult for hackers to obtain users' actual passwords, while the rest of the passwords are hashed with the SHA-1 hashing algorithm.
These password hashes also believed to have used a Salt – a random string added to the hashing process to further strengthen passwords in order to make it more difficult for hackers to crack them.

Full Story:  http://thehackernews.com/2016/08/dropbox-data-breach.html
Title: Re: Dropbox Hacked - More than 68 million account details leaked online
Post by: Lorraine walsh on September 29, 2016, 04:24:17 AM
And the worst and most deceitful reality is they didn't disclose this breach, the exact number a whopping 68 million, until recently in 2016. How can they be ever able to restore their brand confidence and reputation among customers? I for once was the user of Dropbox, but have switched recently and there will be countless like me. Was Dropbox negligent in not discovering and disclosing the extent of the breach earlier? Perhaps yes.