Public breachBreachXposedOrNot· 1 Jul 2012
Dropbox
Domain: dropbox.com
What happened
Dropbox, a cloud-based file hosting and sharing service, announced that it had suffered a data breach. An unauthorized third-party had gained access to certain data stored on its systems, potentially affecting the personal information of over 68 million users. The exposed data included email addresses and hashed passwords. As a preventive measure, Dropbox reset all passwords that had remained unchanged since mid-2012. In 2012, the data breach was reported by the company.
Breach facts
- Records exposed
- 68,760,320
- Sensitive
- No
- Industry
- Information Technology
- Data exposed
- Email addressesPasswords
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Breach data provided by XposedOrNot.