Kromtech this week revealed a vulnerability in the data storage system of its MacKeeper software. Security researcher Chris Vickery, who alerted the company to the problem with its server, pegged the number of MacKeeper users affected at about 13 million. Kromtech posted a security alert about the breach on MacKeeper’s website. The company fixed the error within hours of its discovery, it said. The breach did not jeopardize highly sensitive data about its customers.
"It also stores user credentials such as product-specific usernames and password hashes for customers' Web accounts"
For them to say they didn't jeopardize highly sensitive customer data is bogus, by the above statement alone. You handed over keys to the kingdom for sites people will logically and reasonably use the same password for.
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MacKeeper Loses Control of User Data
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. December 17, 2015 11:42 AMKromtech this week revealed a vulnerability in the data storage system of its MacKeeper software. Security researcher Chris Vickery, who alerted the company to the problem with its server, pegged the number of MacKeeper users affected at about 13 million. Kromtech posted a security alert about the breach on MacKeeper’s website. The company fixed the error within hours of its discovery, it said. The breach did not jeopardize highly sensitive data about its customers.
For them to say they didn't jeopardize highly sensitive customer data is bogus, by the above statement alone. You handed over keys to the kingdom for sites people will logically and reasonably use the same password for.