Adobe Hacked, User Data Lost By The Millions

Adobe has been hacked, and along with that came 2.9 million user accounts being attacked and illegally accessed. User IDs, passwords, purchase information, and even encrypted credit/debit cards were stolen during the breach, which Adobe is blaming on advanced cybercriminals.

Luckily, it does not appear as though unencrypted data was taken during the attack but it may very well have been considering that hackers still have the ability to decrypt information if they chose to do so. Since Adobe recognizes the potential for credit cards to be accessed as a result of the hack, the company is offering one free year of credit monitoring to its affected users.

Emails requesting password resets have been sent to millions of customers and any user that may have had his/her credit card information stolen has also been contacted with special instructions.

Passwords can be just as important as credit cards in some situations nowadays but since financial information is still of utmost importance, Adobe is working with banks to get things straightened out if any users have trouble.

Adobe has been dealing with tons of hacks throughout the past couple of years, some of which have been security researchers trying to expose vulnerabilities.

In response to the Adobe hack, the company’s chief security officer Brad Arkin stated:

Very recently, Adobe’s security team discovered sophisticated attacks on our network, involving the illegal access of customer information as well as source code for numerous Adobe products. We believe these attacks may be related.

Our investigation currently indicates that the attackers accessed Adobe customer IDs and encrypted passwords on our systems. We also believe the attackers removed from our systems certain information relating to 2.9 million Adobe customers, including customer names, encrypted credit or debit card numbers, expiration dates, and other information relating to customer orders.

At this time, we do not believe the attackers removed decrypted credit or debit card numbers from our systems. We deeply regret that this incident occurred. We’re working diligently internally, as well as with external partners and law enforcement, to address the incident.