As an avid comic book reader, which I’ve been my whole life ever since I can remember the Comixology breach has hit me close to home. You see I’ve recently adopted digital format comic books. I love collecting the physical comics, but I have begun using digital comics to complement the physical copies of my comics. I enjoy the freedom of digital format and being able to read my comics on the go so for that reason I am a member of Comixology.
Earlier this week I received an email from Comixology informing
me that someone had broken into their system. The individual had gotten away
with information like; email, usernames, and passwords. Comixology, in their
letter assures that the passwords stolen where encrypted, but the truth is a
hacker with enough skills and time could be able to decrypt them. They urge
everyone to change their password as soon as possible. This breach makes me
wonder if having multi-tier authentication could help alleviate these types of
threats. Because even if a password did get compromised they would need to be
able to bypass the next level of authentication in order to successfully log on
to the users account.
Email from Comixology
Dear
Comics Reader,
In the course of a recent review and upgrade of our security infrastructure, we determined that an unauthorized individual accessed a database of ours that contained usernames, email addresses, and cryptographically protected passwords.
Payment account information is not stored on our servers.
Even though we store our passwords in protected form, as a precautionary measure we are requiring all users to change their passwords on the comiXology platform and recommend that you promptly change your password on any other website where you use the same or a similar password. You can reset your comiXology.com password here.
We have taken additional steps to strengthen our security procedures and systems, and we will continue to implement improvements on an ongoing basis.
Please note that we will never ask you for personal or account information in an e-mail, so exercise caution if you receive emails that ask for personal information or direct you to a site where you are asked to provide personal information.
We apologize for the inconvenience. If you have any questions, please contact us by sending an email to support@comixology.com
Sincerely,
ComiXology
In the course of a recent review and upgrade of our security infrastructure, we determined that an unauthorized individual accessed a database of ours that contained usernames, email addresses, and cryptographically protected passwords.
Payment account information is not stored on our servers.
Even though we store our passwords in protected form, as a precautionary measure we are requiring all users to change their passwords on the comiXology platform and recommend that you promptly change your password on any other website where you use the same or a similar password. You can reset your comiXology.com password here.
We have taken additional steps to strengthen our security procedures and systems, and we will continue to implement improvements on an ongoing basis.
Please note that we will never ask you for personal or account information in an e-mail, so exercise caution if you receive emails that ask for personal information or direct you to a site where you are asked to provide personal information.
We apologize for the inconvenience. If you have any questions, please contact us by sending an email to support@comixology.com
Sincerely,
ComiXology
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