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Dropbox Confirms Cyberattack Compromised Approximately 5,000 Accounts
Cloud storage provider Dropbox has confirmed that a security breach in August exposed data from roughly 5,000 user accounts. The company is notifying affected customers and urging them to secure their credentials following the incident.
1 Sept, 20:59 — 2 Sept, 05:14
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Dropbox User Accounts Breached by Hackers Who Accessed Data
Hackers broke into thousands of Dropbox Inc. accounts last month, viewing and downloading material users kept on the cloud-storage platform, according to a company statement and records seen by Bloomberg News.
By Jake Bleiberg
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Dropbox says about 5,000 accounts compromised in August hack
Dropbox said on Tuesday that around 5,000 accounts were compromised last month, with hackers viewing and downloading content stored on the cloud-storage platform.
By Abubakar Ibrahim
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