Oops -Adobe hack: At least 38 million accounts breached

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24740873
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Adobe has confirmed that a recent cyber-attack compromised many more customer accounts than first reported.

The software-maker said that it now believed usernames and encrypted passwords had been stolen from about 38 million of its active users.

The firm had originally said 2.9 million accounts had been affected.

Adobe has also announced that the hackers stole parts of the source code to Photoshop, its popular picture-editing program.

It had previously revealed that the source code for its Acrobat PDF document-editing software and ColdFusion web application creation products had also been illegally accessed.

In May, Adobe shifted several of its products to a subscription model, meaning its customers needed to register an account and provide their payment card details in order to qualify for upgrades.

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1. Another reason not to use or depend on Clouds for your programs.

Something happens to Adobe and there goes your programs and even your data.

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2. +1,000,000

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3. I have Adobe Creative Cloud and all my Adobe apps and data are stored locally.

Cloud storage is an option, not a requirement.

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4. And what good is your data if you can't access the application to run it?

I want my data and my software to be on my computer. If I pay for software then I expect to own it, not rent it.