Opera Sync servers breached, Synced passwords might have been stolen

[rahul1117kumar]

Opera Sync servers were breached last week, resulting in exposure of several usernames and passwords. Opera, in a blog post, confirmed the same, adding the attack was quickly blocked. “Earlier this week, we detected signs of an attack where access was gained to the Opera sync system,” Tarquin Wilton-Jones of Opera said in a blog post. Opera recommends all its users to change their passwords and the company has sent out emails for the same.

According to Jones, Opera only stores encrypted or hashed and salted passwords in the system. And, Opera wants its users to change passwords as a precautionary measure. Opera is encouraging users who have synced their accounts with third-party apps to reset their passwords. “We have also sent emails to all Opera sync users to inform them about the incident and ask them to change the password for their Opera sync accounts,” Jones said.
According to the blog post, the total active number of users of Opera sync in the last month is 1.7 million. This is less than 0.5 per cent of the total Opera user base of 350 million people. Jones added the company takes user’s security very seriously and apologised for the inconvenience.

Opera, last week, launched a new VPN for Android without data limit. The VPN allows users to change their virtual location. Additionally, it helps users block ad trackers and determine the Wi-Fi network security level. Currently ‘Opera Free VPN’ is offering five virtual locations, namely Germany, Singapore, US, Canada, and Netherlands.

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[Sarkar]

Opera servers hacked, synced passwords possibly compromised

Earlier this week, we detected signs of an attack where access was gained to the Opera sync system. This attack was quickly blocked. Our investigations are ongoing, but we believe some data, including some of our sync users’ passwords and account information, such as login names, may have been compromised.

Although we only store encrypted (for synchronized passwords) or hashed and salted (for authentication) passwords in this system, we have reset all the Opera sync account passwords as a precaution.

We have also sent emails to all Opera sync users to inform them about the incident and ask them to change the password for their Opera sync accounts. In an abundance of caution, we have encouraged users to also reset any passwords to third party sites they may have synchronized with the service.

To obtain a new password for Opera sync, use the password resetting page.

The total active number of users of Opera sync in the last month is 1.7 million, less than 0.5% of the total Opera user base of 350 million people.

The remaining Opera browser users who do not use Opera sync, do not need to take any actions.

We take your data security very seriously, and want to sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this might have caused

Opera server breach incident - Opera Security

 

[Bapun]

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[Sarkar]

RE: Opera servers hacked, synced passwords possibly compromised

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Oops, I should hv known that Rahul bro is there  :shy

Anyway thread Moved to computer section now