Friday, March 7, 2014

Not even superheroes are safe from data breaches.

From Tom's Guide, I love the title and opening sentence:

Holy Data Breach, Batman! Hackers Hit Comixology

Another day, another SMB, another data breach.  Two things about this caught my attention, they were smart enough to encrypt user passwords and didn't store payment data on their systems.  These measures should mitigate any damage done to Comixology's customers. 

However, if you are one of their customers you should change your password on their site and any others you frequent.  Take a moment and think like a cybercriminal.  If you're a comic book enthusiast you probably visit other comic sites, not to mention eBay, Amazon ..., and the odds are pretty good you are using the same username and password for those.

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