Web service for publishing and presentations Scribd hacked
Attackers have access to email addresses and password hashes (with salt) of part or all users, it is not absolutely clear scale attacks. Soon, this information may be made public.
Last night guide service announced that earlier this week, a special department Scribd «detected and blocked a suspicious network activity Scribd, which was like trying to access e-mail addresses and passwords of registered users Scribd».
Scribd representatives argue that "compromised" is not all the user accounts, but only about 1%. At least, this assures the security department Scribd. They say that a small number of affected users is explained by "the way Scribd to store the passwords." The rest of the hashes even if stolen, but they are "securely encrypted."
