Dropbox attacked again

Several weeks ago, Dropbox announced it was investigating some suspicious incidents on its network. The online storage company, which has been a phenomenal success among consumers and small businesses, said it had “brought in a team of outside experts” to investigate the incidents.
And today the other shoe dropped. In a post on the Dropbox blog, VP of Engineering Aditya Agarwal acknowledged that the worst-case scenario had occurred:

Our investigation found that usernames and passwords recently stolen from other websites were used to sign in to a small number of Dropbox accounts. We’ve contacted these users and have helped them protect their accounts.
A stolen password was also used to access an employee Dropbox account containing a project document with user email addresses. We believe this improper access is what led to the spam. We’re sorry about this, and have put additional controls in place to help make sure it doesn’t happen again.
Keeping Dropbox secure is at the heart of what we do, and we’re taking steps to improve the safety of your Dropbox even if your password is stolen…

Those are reassuring words. They would inspire more confidence if they didn’t echo Dropbox’s equally confident reassurances the last time the company suffered a potential security breach.

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