Dropbox hacked: Credentials of 68 million users spilled

Dave Neal
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Dropbox "proper hacked", claims security researcher

Cloud storage company Dropbox, which had reportedly been considering a public share offering in 2017, is believed to have been compromised in a major cyber attack spilling some 68 million personal ...

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