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2nd November 2013, 10:50 PM #1
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Huge Adobe accounts security breach
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2nd November 2013, 11:37 PM #2
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Re: Huge Adobe accounts security breach
I just checked my Adobe password and was happy to see that I have not used that specific password for any other accounts. I keep my account passwords in a MS Word table file. It is easy to read down and check all my passwords for various accounts or check my passwords and see which accounts they are linked to...
OH, BTW, I save that table on a flash drive which I keep disconnected from my computer unless I am updating the file. When I need to find a password, I keep an updated printed copy of that table in a folder on my desk.
A bad guy can attack my computer but, he cannot walk across my desk and open the draw in which I keep the flash drive. OR COULD HE
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2nd November 2013, 11:42 PM #3
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Re: Huge Adobe accounts security breach
I just logged in to Adobe's site and immediately it required me to change the password. So at least that much is being done...
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3rd November 2013, 06:58 AM #4
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Re: Huge Adobe accounts security breach
It's still the same attack that has been talked about here, just some extra information about it.
That it takes time to figure out what happened is to be expected, given the sheer volume of data involved (logs don't necessarily distinguish between 'legitimate' traffic and cracker activity).
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3rd November 2013, 07:04 AM #5
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Re: Huge Adobe accounts security breach
Oddly enough I somehow missed the announcement a month ago and only saw mention of it today on Twitter.
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3rd November 2013, 07:18 AM #6
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Re: Huge Adobe accounts security breach
I now keep my passwords spread over two layers turned off in one of my photographs in PDD format. It would need someone with a lot of time to locate it in amongst over 18,000 plus photographs. I said now as a few years ago my son demonstrated to me how he could track them down in the text file I was then using even though I thought it was well hidden. Several times for fun he has tried to find where I now hid them and has so far been unsuccessful.
Originally Posted by rpcrowe
I just checked my Adobe password and was happy to see that I have not used that specific password for any other accounts. I keep my account passwords in a MS Word table file. It is easy to read down and check all my passwords for various accounts or check my passwords and see which accounts they are linked to...
OH, BTW, I save that table on a flash drive which I keep disconnected from my computer unless I am updating the file. When I need to find a password, I keep an updated printed copy of that table in a folder on my desk.
A bad guy can attack my computer but, he cannot walk across my desk and open the draw in which I keep the flash drive. OR COULD HELast edited by pnodrog; 3rd November 2013 at 07:28 AM.
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3rd November 2013, 07:35 AM #7
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Re: Huge Adobe accounts security breach
I wonder if we'll see more websites using 2 factor authentication like Google, Apple, Rabobank where knowing the username & password only gets you 1/2 way there?
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