Breach at PR Newswire Tied to Adobe Hack

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http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/10/breach-at-pr-newswire-tied-to-adobe-hack/

By Brian Krebs
Krebs On Security
October 16. 2013

Earlier this year, hackers broke into the networks of marketing and press 
release distribution service PR Newswire, making off with usernames and 
encrypted passwords that customers use to access the company’s service and 
upload news releases, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.

The stolen data was found on the same Internet servers that housed huge 
troves of source code recently stolen from Adobe Systems. Inc., suggesting 
the same attackers may have been responsible for both breaches. Date and 
time stamps on the stolen files indicate that breach at PR Newswire 
occurred on or after March 8, 2013.

Presented with a copy of the purloined data, PR Newswire confirmed 
ownership of the information. The company said that later today it will 
begin the process of alerting affected customers and asking them to change 
their account passwords. The company says its investigation is ongoing, 
but that the data appears to be related to a subset of its customers from 
Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India.

In a statement being sent to customers today, PR Newswire said it is 
“conducting an extensive investigation and have notified appropriate law 
enforcement authorities. Based on our preliminary review, we believe 
customer payment data were not compromised.”

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