A popular online file sharing service recently revealed that an as-yet undisclosed number of its users were hit by a
data breach that exposed them to significant amounts of spam messages.
Dropbox recently revealed that it had been victimized by a data breach as a result of one of its employees using the same login credentials for both the service and another site that was recently hit by a hacking attack, according to a report from
the company. The company has not yet revealed exactly how many people were affected by the incident but said that it was a "small number."
As a result of this incident, the company has put into place a number of new security features, the report said. This includes two forms of authentication for login, automated systems to help identify suspicious activity, a page that allows users to keep tabs on all logins for their accounts and, in some cases, required password changes.
Ondrej Krehel, the chief information security officer for
Identity Theft 911, has a blog about the effects a data breach can have on consumers and organizations alike.
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