Daily Archives: October 4, 2013

Adobe Hacked, What to do

If you get an email message from Adobe with the below text, it is real and not a hoax: 

Important Password Reset Information
To view this message in a language other than English, please click here. 

We recently discovered that an attacker illegally entered our network and may have obtained access to your Adobe ID and encrypted password. We currently have no indication that there has been unauthorized activity on your account. 

To prevent unauthorized access to your account, we have reset your password. Please visit www.adobe.com/go/passwordreset to create a new password. We recommend that you also change your password on any website where you use the same user ID or password. In addition, please be on the lookout for suspicious email or phone scams seeking your personal information. 

We deeply regret any inconvenience this may cause you. We value the trust of our customers and we will work aggressively to prevent these types of events from occurring in the future. If you have questions, you can learn more by visiting our Customer Alert page, which you will find here.

Adobe Customer Care

More data and exact instructions on what to do you can find here: 

http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/customer-alert.html