Slack resets user passwords after 2015 data breach

Slack will reset the passwords of shoppers it believes are affected by a historical wisdom breach that affected the company more than 4 years prior to now. In 2015, the company discussed it was once as soon as hit thru hackers who won get entry to to its client profile database, in conjunction with their scrambled passwords. However the hackers inser…
Slack will reset the passwords of users it believes are affected by a historical data breach that affected the company more than four years ago. In 2015, the company said it was hit by hackers who gained access to its user profile database, including their scrambled passwords. But the hackers inser…

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