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OT HU Security Alert - Adobe users - Password changes

patience55patience55 Posts: 7,006
edited December 1969 in The Commons

An email from Adobe just arrived so "just in case" anybody misses getting their emails ... Adobe has had to change our Passwords so we need to go to their website in order to reset them again to something we know about ;-)
Precaution is also to change any user IDs and Passwords on other websites if one was using the same.
btw - it is never a good idea to use the same password on every website as tempting as that idea might be.

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  • Kendall SearsKendall Sears Posts: 2,995
    edited December 1969

    Patience55 said:
    An email from Adobe just arrived so "just in case" anybody misses getting their emails ... Adobe has had to change our Passwords so we need to go to their website in order to reset them again to something we know about ;-)
    Precaution is also to change any user IDs and Passwords on other websites if one was using the same.
    btw - it is never a good idea to use the same password on every website as tempting as that idea might be.

    Adobe was *SEVERELY* compromised. If you had an account there, much more than your password was taken.

    http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57605962-83/adobe-hacked-3-million-accounts-compromised/

    Kendall

  • Lissa_xyzLissa_xyz Posts: 6,116
    edited October 2013

    I changed my pw and still can't log in. It just sits there. I don't think I had my card info stashed there anyways. I've only done a single transaction through them and don't subscribe to CC.

    /edit
    Going back to Adobe.com had me logged in, even though the sign-in page never refreshed.

    Oh yay.. my billing address was in there. /facepalm
    Ah well, go ahead, pay my rent. See if I care. :cheese:

    Post edited by Lissa_xyz on
  • RiffulRifful Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    And this is after they move to that ridiculous subscriber price model for their software. (so they can charge for updates without actually having to release anything new)

  • patience55patience55 Posts: 7,006
    edited December 1969

    Kendall Sears said:
    Patience55 said:
    An email from Adobe just arrived so "just in case" anybody misses getting their emails ... Adobe has had to change our Passwords so we need to go to their website in order to reset them again to something we know about ;-)
    Precaution is also to change any user IDs and Passwords on other websites if one was using the same.
    btw - it is never a good idea to use the same password on every website as tempting as that idea might be.

    Adobe was *SEVERELY* compromised. If you had an account there, much more than your password was taken.

    http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57605962-83/adobe-hacked-3-million-accounts-compromised/

    Kendall

    Thanks ... gee, the email was so much tamer. Well I know they don't have any valid CC info for me atm ... oh that's a lot of people.

  • Kendall SearsKendall Sears Posts: 2,995
    edited December 1969

    Patience55 said:
    Kendall Sears said:
    Patience55 said:
    An email from Adobe just arrived so "just in case" anybody misses getting their emails ... Adobe has had to change our Passwords so we need to go to their website in order to reset them again to something we know about ;-)
    Precaution is also to change any user IDs and Passwords on other websites if one was using the same.
    btw - it is never a good idea to use the same password on every website as tempting as that idea might be.

    Adobe was *SEVERELY* compromised. If you had an account there, much more than your password was taken.

    http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57605962-83/adobe-hacked-3-million-accounts-compromised/

    Kendall

    Thanks ... gee, the email was so much tamer. Well I know they don't have any valid CC info for me atm ... oh that's a lot of people.

    Adobe is in serious damage control mode right now. From the sources I have, even what was released by cnet is censored. This is going to get much uglier before it gets better. Adobe is going to pay for a years worth of credit monitoring ... sound like only "encrypted" data was taken?

    Why anyone still uses M$ internet products is a complete wonder...

    Kendall

  • patience55patience55 Posts: 7,006
    edited December 1969

    Well got a new password ... signing in is rather uh, 'busy right now' going by the little java circle so shall not worry about that.

    Also from the email is the suggestion to: please be on the lookout for suspicious email or phone scams seeking your personal information.

    It's not a recommended idea to even open "suspicious emails" and phone scams ... well there's already one on the loose ... very persistent gaggle of people with thick accents claiming to be something or other from Microsoft. Can barely understand a word they speak, probably reading a script. Just hang up.

  • Lissa_xyzLissa_xyz Posts: 6,116
    edited December 1969

    I send everybody I don't recognize to voice mail. lol

    Gmail is also good about catching spam, and I check the headers and link addresses in my browser's lower bar before clicking on anything.

  • LeatherGryphonLeatherGryphon Posts: 11,650
    edited December 1969

    I've done a lot of business with Adobe over the years and I did get an e-mail from them telling me to change my password but no notice yet of an offer for credit card protection. Actually I think my CC had already changed since the last time I used it at Adobe. And I'm in the habit of not keeping CC info at a site anyway.

  • adzanadzan Posts: 268
    edited December 1969

    I've only just received the email today saying my account was one of those compromised, only 5 days after the initial report, groovy.
    After getting the email I did wonder if that's why I've be getting really weird spam these last few days lol
    Oh well off to change the pesky login.

    I'm surprised the hackers haven't started sending out fake adobe emails yet, it would be an another way to harvest more user information :ohh:

  • SylvanSylvan Posts: 2,718
    edited December 1969

    I also recieved this email rather late >>
    But I didn't even remember I had an account with adobe to be honest...

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,672
    edited October 2013

    I had to sign up at one point to register my software. I never had a debit card on file with them. I never used it since. I don't care for forced participation in online communities that Adobe was trying.

    Post edited by Serene Night on
  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,221
    edited December 1969

    The scam emails have started..

    I just received a bogus email from paypal for my transaction of $497 for New Guinea Oil Balm!!

    The email looks very authentic so beware and don't click on any links within these emails.

  • Lissa_xyzLissa_xyz Posts: 6,116
    edited December 1969

    Stezza said:
    The scam emails have started..

    I just received a bogus email from paypal for my transaction of $497 for New Guinea Oil Balm!!

    The email looks very authentic so beware and don't click on any links within these emails.

    Have you checked paypal to be sure that someone didn't actually get into it?

  • patience55patience55 Posts: 7,006
    edited December 1969

    But never go to Paypal via any letters! Go direct. Delete the emails "unopened".

  • srieschsriesch Posts: 4,241
    edited December 1969

    Paypal has an email address specifically set up for you to send copies of your fake PayPal email to so they can do... whatever they do with them.

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    edited December 1969

    And I for one always forward Scam emails to the banks in question, they have the power to get these sort of sites blackballed. And you usually get a response saying thankyyou for forwarding the emails.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,374
    edited December 1969

    Finally received my email from Adobe this morning. At least the link to reset the password was plain text, that had to be copied or typed into the browser, which is sensible.

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