Change password directly to AOL! AOL Mail Hacked

AOL said it was investigating a large-scale breach of service AOL Mail. As reported by στην οποία "ένας σημαντικός αριθμός" λογαριασμών ηλεκτρονικού ταχυδρομείου έχει παραβιαστεί.

AOL Mail

The των χρηστών, όπως κρυπτογραφημένοι κωδικοί πρόσβασης, κρυπτογραφημένες απαντήσεις σε ερωτήσεις , mailing addresses, and contacts, have been leaked, according to the company warning in a post on one their blog.

Ωστόσο, η AOL δήλωσε ότι δεν υπάρχουν διέρρευσαν πληροφορίες από κάρτες πληρωμών των χρηστών και δεν υπάρχει καμία ένδειξη ότι η κρυπτογράφηση των κωδικών πρόσβασης ή οι κρυπτογραφημένες απαντήσεις στις ερωτήσεις ασφαλείας μπορούν να "σπάσουν".

It remains to be seen whether this means that user passwords and questions are hashed and not just encrypted, which is very important for securing sensitive data.
As a precautionary measure, AOL is advising everyone from any of its services to change their passwords and security questions.

Η εταιρεία ανακοίνωσε ότι συνεργάζεται με τις Αρχές για να βρει την πηγή του "σοβαρών εγκληματικών δραστηριοτήτων" πίσω από την παραβίαση, η οποία επηρέασε περίπου το 2% όλων των λογαριασμών της υπηρεσίας AOL Mail.

Some media estimate that 2% of AOL Mail accounts corresponds to about 500.000 users.

The company says:

Our research remains in progress, but we believe that a person has gained unauthorized access to the AOL network where some user information is stored.

AOL's announcement confirmed that it discovered the violation on Monday April 28 after a week of complaints from its users who reported spam being sent to their contacts.

The Virus Bulletin, on the other hand, reported that malicious links containing AOL's emails were leading Trojans targeting Android devices.

If you are a user of AOL Mail, change the password and security questions you were using.

If you use the same password for your AOL account and other websites, change your passwords immediately.

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