User data from over 150 million Adobe customers found on hacker site

TORONTO – A database of over 150 million Adobe user data has surfaced on a hacker site just one month after the company experienced a major security breach that exposed the data of over 38 million users.

According to Paul Ducklin at Naked Security, the dumped user data included usernames, passwords, and password hints. In a blog post Ducklin said the 4 gigabyte compressed file – a staggering 10 gigabytes uncompressed – contained over 150 million “breached records.”

“As breaches go, you may very well see this one in the book of Guinness World Records next year,” he wrote.

In October Adobe, makers of Photoshop and Acrobat software, was affected by a security breach that affected nearly 3 million users login and some payment information. But last week Adobe announced that around 38 million active users were affected by the security breach.

LastPass, a password security firm, has set up an online tool for Adobe customers to check whether their account information was included in the list leaked on the hacker site.

The tool allows users to enter their email address to retrieve any leaked password information.

“This is done over a secure connection to protect you and LastPass is not keeping any information on people who utilize this tool,” reads the company’s website.

“If your email address is in the list then we’ll email you with a link that provides you access to your leaked Adobe password hint, if your password is shared by other users, and all the password hints available for that shared password.”

LastPass also urges any Adobe account holders to change their passwords as an extra security measure.