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2024: Hosting hack

Cybercriminals hacked. file hosting Dropbox This was announced on May 6, 2024 by the press service State Duma of the Russian Federation Anton Nemkin of the deputy with reference to. RBC

The company warned users about the cyber incident in its blog. It is reported that the attack affected the user data of the Dropbox Sign service, which allows you to store, send, and sign documents online.

At the same time, users who had not previously created an account in the service had free access to email addresses and names, the company said. If a password was not set on the user account (if registration was carried out, for example, through social networks), then the password information remained in custody. It is noted that the company did not find traces indicating unauthorized access to the contents of documents and agreements of customers, as well as to their payment information.

As of May 6, 2024, the company is undergoing a process of resetting user passwords.

Dropbox lost up to 50% of Russian users during 2023 and is not very popular with Russians, noted

According to analysts, for 2024, the ecosystem closes the top five most popular file hosting among citizens. The leadership for May 2024 belongs to Yandex.Disk. Based on this, potentially under the "blow" was a low share of our citizens, but they should definitely pay attention to the news about the hack and take a number of actions to protect their information, the deputy said.

In fact, all the user needs is to create a new password for his account. Citizens who use the same password for several services at once can get into an increased risk group. For example, to log in to email or social networks, as well as to corporate services. In this case, you must immediately change all passwords. Let me remind you that it is always worth creating a unique password for each service. Otherwise, attackers will be able to easily access various applications, including banking ones. It is also important to connect two-factor authentication, especially for mail, instant messengers and social networks. With its help, attackers will not be able to access a user account. In addition, citizens will always be warned about an attempt to unauthorized access, the deputy explained.

Also, do not store any sensitive information in file storage.

File storage is always under the scrutiny of cybercriminals, so storing sensitive information is a risk that users should always remember, the deputy said.

Nemkin stressed that sensitive data include data from official documents, corporate information, as well as information that could potentially compromise the user in public space. It is better to store such information on a personal computer or in paper form.

It is crucial to be careful about the letters sent on behalf of the company. Attackers can use the incident to carry out phishing attacks. First of all, due to distribution on postal resources, - concluded the deputy.