The victim of hacker attack were users using Opera Browser Sync option, which allows you to use the browser on several different devices at the same time by synchronizing your browsing history and bookmarks. So far it is known that leaked data from 1.7 million accounts.
Administrators browser detected the attack on the servers at the beginning of last week. In the statement published on the official blog Opera recommend their users of synchronization to immediately change your password. Hackers can capture not only the data of Internet users posted on their accounts in the browser and mail boxes, but also other passwords stored by them on the computer. The company is still looking for the attack and examines the scale of the leak.
Developers browser assured, however, that all the data of people who do not use tools Opera Browser Sync, are safe.
Opera is the fifth largest browser in the world in terms of number of users. It is used currently approx. 350 million Internet users. Synchronization option, however, has not enjoyed great popularity and have used it only 0.5 percent. people with accounts on your browser. But it is precisely this inconspicuous service became this time the object of interest to hackers.
Not only does Opera struggled recently with a similar attack by cybercriminals. A few days ago, also he fell victim to Dropbox, which sent to their users an email asking you to change your password. Probably there was a leak of data from 2012. Further, they found their way to the illegal sales on the Internet – read on TVN24 BiS.
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