Dropbox says no evidence of hack in investigation of spam

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https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9229420/Dropbox_says_no_evidence_of_hack_in_investigation_of_spam

By Cameron Scott
IDG News Service
July 20, 2012

Dropbox's ongoing investigation into a possible security breach has not 
produced any evidence that its systems have been infiltrated, according to an 
update Friday to the company's user forum.

"As of today, we've found no intrusions into our internal systems and no 
unauthorized activity in Dropbox accounts," said the update, posted early 
Friday morning.

The cloud storage company brought in a team of outside investigators to look 
into complaints that users were receiving spam at email addresses they used 
solely for Dropbox. Several users reported receiving the same spam messages, 
spurring fears that the spammers had obtained their email addresses through 
Dropbox.

Because users sometimes store personal and professional data with cloud storage 
services like Dropbox, security is a serious issue.

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