Recent news about Dropbox accounts being hacked.

easygoer_57
easygoer_57
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in iOS

Over the last few days there has been news that Dropbox accounts may have been hacked. There is a tool at "haveibeenpwned.com" where you enter your email address associated with your account and it tells you if your account has been "pwned". Mine appears to be so. The link is provided here:

http://www.iphoneincanada.ca/news/how-to-check-if-you-were-compromised-in-dropboxs-data-breach/

I have been a 1Password user since version 3.0 and at one time used Dropbox before switching to iCloud. is there anything that I should be concerned about?.

Please let me know. Thanks.

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  • dszp
    dszp
    Community Member

    As long as your 1Password data has a good master password I wouldn't worry about your 1Password data, that's the reason data is independently encrypted by 1Password no matter where it's stored, but it could have caused issues for other data you had in Dropbox. Dropbox claims the data hasn't been misused and it wasn't made public until recently (so very few would have had all 60 million+ accounts until recently) so if you've changed your password since 2012 I think the overall risks are low, but definitely higher than 0, that Dropbox was accessed improperly.

    But I think 1Password info is pretty safe regardless.

  • easygoer_57
    easygoer_57
    Community Member

    Thanks very much for your reply.

  • Ben
    Ben

    Thanks for chiming in here, @dszp! @easygoer_57 I think dszp has it covered pretty well but if there are any further questions that we can assist with please let us know!

    Ben

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