About 2-3 weeks ago Dropbox users started complaining that their emails they only use for dropbox started receiving spam. As the people only used it for Dropbox and had never shared a document, sent a referral link or shared the email address it was obvious Dropbox or an app that uses Dropbox was the cause of the problem. Dropbox didn't know what the problem was and couldn't find any breech in it's security so it hired outside help to find out what happened. As the days went by I was under the impression they were trying to ignore the problem and hoped it went away as the forum where I am fairly active was quiet with no updates or official statements.
They have now just announced on a blog post that an employee had their password hacked and the hacker gained access to a document which contained email addresses. As a result of this Dropbox plan to introduce two step verification (like what Google has) and introduce other security measures.
Personally I'm pretty disappointed in all this as I'm a heavy Dropbox user and have used it for quiet a while. I was really hoping the cause of the leak was a third party app as only a few members are affected. I think I'll only be using it for photos and videos from now on as I don't think I can trust it for more confidential or work related stuff for which I'll use Google Drive.
They have now just announced on a blog post that an employee had their password hacked and the hacker gained access to a document which contained email addresses. As a result of this Dropbox plan to introduce two step verification (like what Google has) and introduce other security measures.
Personally I'm pretty disappointed in all this as I'm a heavy Dropbox user and have used it for quiet a while. I was really hoping the cause of the leak was a third party app as only a few members are affected. I think I'll only be using it for photos and videos from now on as I don't think I can trust it for more confidential or work related stuff for which I'll use Google Drive.
