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Adobe data breach

Risk level: High 65/100

What happened

In October 2013, 153 million Adobe accounts were breached with each containing an internal ID, username, email, encrypted password and a password hint in plain text. The password cryptography was poorly done and many were quickly resolved back to plain text.
Breach date
4 October 2013
Date added
4 December 2013
Compromised accounts
152,445,165
Domain
adobe.com

Compromised data

  • Email addresses
  • Password hints
  • Passwords
  • Usernames

Breach attributes

  • Verified

Recommended steps if you were in the Adobe breach:

Security remediation checklist

Work through these steps, most urgent first: