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What this article shares with you is an example analysis of the disclosure of user accounts and passwords for unauthorized access to Flipboard databases. The editor thinks it is very practical, so I share it with you for study. I hope you can get something after reading this article.

Flipboard is a popular social sharing news aggregation app with no less than 150 million users. It is understood that Flipboard issued a security notice yesterday that unauthorized access to some databases containing Flipboard user account information (including account credentials). The unauthorized access to the database took place within nearly 10 months from June 2, 2018 to March 23, 2019 and April 22, 2019. According to Flipboard, the compromised database contains user names, real names, encrypted passwords and email addresses, and digital tokens provided by users linked to third-party social media services. It is not clear how many users were eventually affected by the hack.

Upon discovery of this unauthorized access, Flipboard notified the affected users of the details of the leak by email and reset all users' passwords. When a user is forced to continue logging in on the original login Flipboard account device or when the new device accesses the login Flipboard account, a strong password will be required. At the same time, it has reported to the relevant law enforcement departments and reached cooperation with an external security company to conduct an in-depth investigation into the causes of the unauthorized visit. Flipboard also said that access to unauthorized third-party accounts has not yet been found, and all digital tokens have been replaced or deleted, invalidating the original digital tokens. All content that is viewed when a Flipboard account is connected to a third-party account needs to be reconnected to Flipboard. Fortunately, Flipboard does not collect information from users, nor does it involve government-issued identity cards (such as social security numbers or driver's license numbers), payment cards, bank accounts or other financial information.

Nearly 10 months after Flipboard was breached, data security leaks and hidden losses indicate that each online account needs to use a unique password. Thus it can be seen that Mohist security believes that it is a common goal for everyone to do a good job in network security. If the network security information technology is strong, the country will be strong.

The above is the example analysis of unauthorized access to Flipboard database user account password disclosure, the editor believes that there are some knowledge points that we may see or use in our daily work. I hope you can learn more from this article. For more details, please follow the industry information channel.

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