This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. The company said it has seen no evidence that any customer data had been tampered with or that any payment information had been compromised.Ĭopyright 2013 The Associated Press. Decoding such passwords can be difficult but possible.
Never click on reset password requests in emails - instead go directly to the service. Never use the same password on multiple sites or services. Avoid using simple passwords based on dictionary words. However the company said the attack did not appear to be linked to Java, a commonly used computer programming language whose weaknesses have been used as springboards for other recent hacks.Įvernote said the attack, which it described as "sophisticated," was able to compromise an unspecified number of customers' encrypted passwords. To create a new one, go to, Evernote has also asked users to follow some basic rules when it comes to creating a new password. The Redwood City, California-based company said in a post published late Saturday that an attacker had been able to access sensitive customer information and that every user would have their account reset "in an abundance of caution." In a follow-up email sent Sunday, the company said it believed the attack "follows a similar pattern of the many high profile attacks on other internet-based companies that have taken place over the last several weeks"-an apparent reference of recent breaches at Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc., and Apple Inc.
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