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Dropbox data breach (2012)

In mid-2012, Dropbox suffered a data breach which exposed the stored credentials of tens of millions of their customers. In August 2016, they forced password resets for customers they believed may be at risk.

Victim
Dropbox
records
68.6M
SectorRetail

Imported from Have I Been Pwned — pending editorial review and translation to French. The summary below is machine-extracted; consult the source for details.

In 2012-07-01, Dropbox was affected by a data breach. Approximately 68,648,009 accounts were exposed. In mid-2012, Dropbox suffered a data breach which exposed the stored credentials of tens of millions of their customers. In August 2016, they forced password resets for customers they believed may be at risk.

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#Dropbox
  2. dropbox.comhttps://dropbox.com

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