Dropbox Users Report New Spam to Dropbox-Only Email Addresses
In an eerie echo of a data breach that occurred over the summer, Dropbox users have reported receiving spam at email addresses they use exclusively for the cloud storage service, starting about two days ago.
In an eerie echo of a data breach that occurred over the summer, Dropbox users have reported receiving spam at email addresses they use exclusively for the cloud storage service, starting about two days ago.
A handful of users have reported similar incidents to Dropbox. Several say the spam they have received appears to come from PayPal.
The spam mail suggests that the addresses could have been obtained from Dropbox itself, raising the question of whether passwords or user files could also have been compromised.
Dropbox says it believes the emails were obtained last summer and do not point to any ongoing security issues.
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