Published On:Saturday, March 2, 2013
Posted by rahul sawhney
Evernote's Security Breached By Hackers
Evernote,one of the biggest online storage firm has asked it's 50 million users to reset their passwords as the security has been breached by hackers
Evernote-The California based company,allows users to store their personal data on it's external server.The company has about 50 million users.
According to the official statement by the company,it's user names,encrypted passwords and email addresses were accessed by the hackers.
The company denied the access to the personal details or payment details of the users by the hackers
Evernote is one of the biggest online storage firms which allows users to organise their personal information's and also store video clips,web pages,images on their external storage system known as cloud.
Evernote has asked all it's users to change their passwords as early as possible.
Evernote-The California based company,allows users to store their personal data on it's external server.The company has about 50 million users.
According to the official statement by the company,it's user names,encrypted passwords and email addresses were accessed by the hackers.
The company denied the access to the personal details or payment details of the users by the hackers
Evernote is one of the biggest online storage firms which allows users to organise their personal information's and also store video clips,web pages,images on their external storage system known as cloud.
In a official statement on their website,Evernote said that the security department of Evernote discovered some suspicious activity on their secured network and blocked it."
It also said,"We have a robust password encryption method,but,we have asked users to change their passwords to increase security so,that your personal information and data remains secured."
It also said,"We have a robust password encryption method,but,we have asked users to change their passwords to increase security so,that your personal information and data remains secured."
Evernote has asked all it's users to change their passwords as early as possible.
This attack is one among the many attacks carried out by the hackers.Other big firms which have attacked in recent times includes,Apple,Microsoft,Twitter and Facebook.
Evernote apologised to it's users "for annoying them" due to breach.
The company is sure that the attack is not the work of an amateur instead it's been carried out by a team of professionals
Evernote apologised to it's users "for annoying them" due to breach.
The company is sure that the attack is not the work of an amateur instead it's been carried out by a team of professionals
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