In its statement, Evernote said that “recent events with other large services” demonstrate that”this type of activity is becoming more common,” but did not indicate that the attack was linked to those on Twitter, Facebook, Apple and others. It’s not known, yet, how the company was hacked or whether there is a connection to the attacks on other prominent, online firms. The company said the passwords were hashed – encrypted using a one-way encryption algorithm – and “salted” with random data to guard against automated, brute force attacks.
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Those intrusions were linked to attacks aimed at developers and relied on exploits of previously unknown “zero day” vulnerability in Oracle’s Java software and web based attacks through so-called “watering hole” web sites.Īt Evernote, attackers were able to gain access to user information including usernames and email addresses associated with Evernote accounts.
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In recent weeks, Twitter, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft have all reported compromises of their internal networks. The hack is just the latest of a prominent online firm.
The Redwood City, California-based firm revealed in a blog post that its internal security team discovered “suspicious activity on the Evernote network” that “appears to have been a coordinated attempt to access secure areas of the Evernote Service.” The company said it sent password reset messages to its users as a “precaution” but didn’t believe that stored information in users’ accounts or payment information had been exposed. Online note sharing service Evernote said it was hacked and user passwords stolen. The online personal and business productivity service said on Saturday that it is the victim of a hack that exposed encrypted user password information, forcing password resets across a broad swath of the service’s 50 million registered users.
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