Adobe Hacked... (Page 2): I am thankful! I wish the red flag system worked even better. I was called when someone tried to charge $7,000 worth of electronic gear to one of my cards.

Heirloom Tomato Loc: Oregon

mdorn wrote:

Banks are becoming more and more savvy to unauthor... (show quote)

I am thankful! I wish the red flag system worked even better. I was called when someone tried to charge $7,000 worth of electronic gear to one of my cards. Hmmmm. It wasn't me. I was not warned when someone used a different card to charge $200 for a train ticket in Peru, but the credit card company investigated and removed the charge with no problems. Both cards were snugly in my wallet but people had managed to steal the numbers.

jefflantzimages Loc: Seattle

at least al you got notice. without UH i would not have known about the hacking. thanks to all ps i changed my password also.

mdorn Loc: Portland, OR

Anthony Griffin wrote:

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Using encryption to ensure security is way more challenging than most people realize. In theory, encrypted data cannot be hacked, but the keys to open them can be. Without going into a lot of boring detail about encryption, the best advice is always to use "strong" passwords. Many people confuse strong with long---this is not the case. For example, there are 8 character passwords which are WAY more secure than some 16 or 20 character passwords. If you change your password, make sure it contains letters, numbers and at least one special character. Here's an example of a strong password:

camera-2

On the surface, this looks pretty weak, but it's not. The special character and number strengthen it dramatically. You can further strengthen this same password with caps:

caMerA-2

Of course, often times services don't allow special characters or numbers as a option when you create a password. I'd be very cautious about those. They are much less secure than people realize.

On the other hand, there are some services that force you to choose more than 8 characters. It's true that it gets more complicated to crack with more characters, but if you use a strong password with only 8 characters, this provides sufficient protection. The service is just trying to encourage you to use something other than "password".

A lot of people him and haw about passwords and how hard they are to remember, but if you keep it simple and strong, it's not that bad.

EstherP

mdorn wrote:

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Whenever we take a trip, or make a "larger than normal" purchase, we phone our credit card company and tell them. For a trip, they will ask where to and from when to when, for large purchases they'll ask the appr. amount.
So far, it has worked very well for us, card hasn't been blocked once since we started this.
EstherP

mdorn Loc: Portland, OR

EstherP wrote:

Whenever we take a trip, or make a "larger than normal" purchase, we phone our credit card company and tell them. For a trip, they will ask where to and from when to when, for large purchases they'll ask the appr. amount.
So far, it has worked very well for us, card hasn't been blocked once since we started this.
EstherP

Very good point! My bank also told me to contact them if I intend to use my card outside my norm. It never dawned on my to be proactive, but this is an excellent idea. :-)

mdorn Loc: Portland, OR

Heirloom Tomato wrote:

I am thankful! I wish the red flag system worked even better. I was called when someone tried to charge $7,000 worth of electronic gear to one of my cards. Hmmmm. It wasn't me. I was not warned when someone used a different card to charge $200 for a train ticket in Peru, but the credit card company investigated and removed the charge with no problems. Both cards were snugly in my wallet but people had managed to steal the numbers.

20 or so years ago, my CC number was stolen and used to purchase $4,000 worth of stereo equipment. I found out when the retail store sent me a thank you card for my purchase. I contacted the store, and got a full description from the salesman of the guy who came into the store to pickup the merchandise. Then I contacted my CC company thinking they will appreciate all this info I collected. Ha ha... They didn't care in the least. In fact, they told me that cases below $10,000 don't even get investigated. Wow... I was shocked. The CC company dismissed the false charges on my card, and the thief got away with 4 grand worth of gear. This is why interest rates are as high as they are. We all pay for this in some form. I was upset at first, but I'm sure they have done the math. It would probably cost more money to hunt this person down and potentially come up with nothing, than to eat the 4 grand.

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

when you use atm card at gas pump or atm. always use the clear an cancel button after use, cause your still in the system.

Pepper Loc: Planet Earth Country USA

Here's the alert with instructions from Adobe.

http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/customer-alert.html?promoid=KHQGF

Ziza Loc: USA

Pepper wrote:

Here's the alert with instructions from Adobe.

http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/customer-alert.html?promoid=KHQGF

And here is Adobe's announcement of this situation.

http://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/2013/10/important-customer-security-announcement.html

Ziza Loc: USA

Picdude wrote:

Adobe makes a LOT more products than the free Acrobat reader.

This is an interesting topic. I have a registered copy of Adobe Photoshop CS6 and Adobe CS5 suite but have not heard anything from Adobe about changing passwords. Does this pertain to the CC users only?

This pertains to anyone who has an account with Adobe, that is, who has purchased software from them. Due to the hacking Adobe has reset their customers' passwords. Then, you need to go through the motion of creating a new password.

http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/customer-alert.html?promoid=KHQGF

I received their e-mail message. I have always purchased my software directly from Adobe (Elements, PS CS, and Lightroom).