Thousands Of Dropbox Accounts Breached In 'Verification' Hack

Thousands Of Dropbox Accounts Breached In 'Verification' Hack Hackers were able to gain access to approximately 5,000 Dropbox accounts last month after exploiting a flaw in Lenovo's email verification process to register fraudulent Lenovo IDs.  Clouds are seen in front of the Dropbox logo in this illustration taken February 27, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration According to a notification sent to the affected users, "an issue with Lenovo's email verification process allowed an unauthorized party to register a Lenovo ID using your email address" - in some cases, users didn't even have Lenovo accounts. The hackers then used the fraudulent Lenovo ID to access the Dropbox account associated with the same email...

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