Alan Litchfield said: > Read that in the news. They haven't contacted me, so fingers crossed.
I have not been contacted either! :( Not sure if that is good news yet ... I would much prefer a "you are okay" e-mail if I am not in trouble. But, in this day and age, companies tend *not* to send out alarming messages. That is unfortunate. > umm, is this a good time to bring up the new subscription licensing model and > its inherent weaknesses (or should I say the increased threat of harm through > attack and incompetent data management practices) ? A very interesting question, indeed. Z On 5/10/2013, at 4:44 AM, Tammy Van Boening wrote: > All, > > I am sure that some of you have might have already seen this on MSNBC > or the like today, but for those of you who have not - Adobe was > hacked over two weeks ago and they are just now sending out the > announcement to affected and possibly affected customers. Over 3 > million accounts were impacted. You can google the topic and find many > in depth articles about the situation. > > I figured that this might be some helpful information for those of you > who weren't yet made aware of the situation. > > TVB > > Important Customer Security Alert > > Read online > > Important Customer Security Alert > To view this message in a language other than English, please click > here. > > We recently discovered that attackers illegally entered our network. > The attackers may have obtained access to your Adobe ID and encrypted > password. We currently have no indication that there has been > unauthorized activity on your account. If you have placed an order > with us, information such as your name, encrypted payment card number, > and card expiration date also may have been accessed. We do not > believe any decrypted card numbers were removed from our systems. > > To prevent unauthorized access to your account, we have reset your > password. Please visitwww.adobe.com/go/passwordreset to create a new > password. We recommend that you also change your password on any > website where you use the same user ID or password. As always, please > be cautious when responding to any email seeking your personal > information. > > We also recommend that you monitor your account for incidents of fraud > and identity theft, including regularly reviewing your account > statements and monitoring credit reports. If you discover any > suspicious or unusual activity on your account or suspect identity > theft or fraud, you should report it immediately to your bank. You > will be receiving a letter from us shortly that provides more > information on this matter. > > We deeply regret any inconvenience this may cause you. We value the > trust of our customers and we will work aggressively to prevent these > types of events from occurring in the future. If you have questions, > you can learn more by visiting our Customer Alert page, which you will > find here. > Adobe Customer Care > Adobe, the Adobe logo and Adobe PDF logo are either registered > trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United > States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property > of their respective owners. > > (c)2013 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved.