After initially estimating that a mere 3 million customers had been affected by the security breach it announced at the start of October, Adobe on Wednesday admitted that the actual number now looks to be closer to an eye-popping 38 million. In addition, the breach seems to be more far-reaching than initially thought, extending to the Photoshop family of products as well. This past weekend, AnonNews.org posted a file that appears to include more than 150 million username and hashed password pairs taken from Adobe.
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Adobe Hack Victim Count Skyrockets to 38M
Posted by: Erika Morphy October 31, 2013 09:13 AMAfter initially estimating that a mere 3 million customers had been affected by the security breach it announced at the start of October, Adobe on Wednesday admitted that the actual number now looks to be closer to an eye-popping 38 million. In addition, the breach seems to be more far-reaching than initially thought, extending to the Photoshop family of products as well. This past weekend, AnonNews.org posted a file that appears to include more than 150 million username and hashed password pairs taken from Adobe.