Breach at PR Newswire Tied to Adobe Hack
Summary: Hackers breached PR Newswire's networks and stole usernames and encrypted passwords used by customers to upload news releases, with date stamps placing the intrusion on or after March 8, 2013. The stolen data was found on the same servers holding source code taken from Adobe Systems, suggesting the same attackers were behind both breaches, and PR Newswire said the affected records covered a subset of customers in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India.
Why it matters: PR Newswire's customer list reads like a Who's Who of PR firms and Fortune 1000 companies, and Hold Security's Alex Holden noted that misleading PR statements issued on behalf of major companies could disrupt stock markets and injure a company's reputation.
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