The company cPanel Inc. which makes and sells the popular cPanel and WHM server management software, announced a breach of its database that took place over the weekend.
The stolen data does not concern the end user but the providers, whether companies or individuals, who resell the productits in retail.
Η cPanel Inc. reports that names, contact information, and the passwords. The codes were encrypted.
“Although current passwords are stored after salt and encrypted, we are accelerating the transition of our passwords to stronger encryption in order to minimize disruption. In order to secure the system, it will force all of them users with old encryptions of their passwords to change their passwords,” said Aaron Stone, Director of Internal Development at cPaneI Inc.
The company notified its customers about the breach in a blog post, but also sent them messages email. The credit card details were stored on another server.
If you are dealing with the resale of cPanel and WHM, it's a good idea to change your password immediately.
