{"id":75624,"date":"2017-04-28T17:45:07","date_gmt":"2017-04-29T00:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=75624"},"modified":"2025-12-11T13:45:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T21:45:33","slug":"protecting-your-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/protecting-your-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Protecting Your Account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/blog-security-reminder.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-s7ae5GCt\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/blog-security-reminder.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/blog-security-reminder.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/blog-security-reminder-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/blog-security-reminder-1024x583.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/blog-security-reminder-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/blog-security-reminder-560x319.jpg 560w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/blog-security-reminder-220x124.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"abstract\" style=\"line-height: 1.8; margin: 24px 12px; padding: 24px 12px 10px 12px;\"><strong>Editor\u2019s Note:<\/strong> This is a copy of an email sent to our customers on April 28, 2017. The Backblaze login database has in no way been compromised. That said, we have seen a number of automated login attempts to our site and wanted to alert our users of the risk. See below for more info.<\/div>\n<p>Dear Customer,<\/p>\n<p>Over the last 72 hours, our security team has noticed an increase in automated attempts to log into our users\u2019 accounts using credentials stolen from other websites. To protect your account, we recommend that you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.backblaze.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/217664928\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Change your password.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Add <a href=\"https:\/\/help.backblaze.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/217666588-Two-Factor-Verification\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">two-factor authentication<\/a> for additional security.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>NOTE:<\/b> The Backblaze login database has not been compromised\u2014the credentials were stolen from other sources.<\/p>\n<p>Regrettably, we live in an era where companies have been breached and their customers\u2019 credentials have been leaked\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/security\/2016\/08\/dropbox-hackers-stole-email-addresses-hashed-passwords-68m-accounts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dropbox<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-adobe-cyberattack-idUSBRE99S1DJ20131029\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adobe<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2016\/05\/18\/linkedin-data-breach-email-password\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LinkedIn<\/a> are just a few, high profile examples. What happens in these attacks is that the attacker acquires \u201cthe Dropbox list\u201d and simply tries those usernames and passwords on another site. If your credentials were leaked in one of those hacks and you used the same username\/password combination to sign up for other services (such as ours), you are vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>While we have a number of methods in place to thwart nefarious attacks, there is a limit to what we can do to prevent someone from signing in to an account with a valid username and password. We are sending this message to you today because we know that some of our users&#8217; credentials are in these stolen lists.<\/p>\n<p>Changing your password now ensures you\u2019re not using a password that was previously leaked. Adding two-factor authentication provides an extra layer of security and protection if credentials end up on one of these lists in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you,<\/p>\n<p>Tim<br \/>\nChief Cloud Officer<br \/>\nBackblaze<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s Note: This is a copy of an email sent to our customers on April 28, 2017. The Backblaze login database has in no way been compromised. That said, we have seen a number of automated login attempts to our site and wanted to alert our users of the risk. See below for more info.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/protecting-your-account\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Protecting Your Account<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":75625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[131],"tags":[384],"class_list":["post-75624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backblaze-bits","tag-security","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to Protect Your Account from Data Breaches and Compromised Passwords<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Editor\u2019s Note: This is a copy of an email sent to our customers on April 28, 2017. 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