Jared Newman reports:
AOL is asking users to reset their passwords as it investigates a recent flurry of spam e-mails.
According to Reuters, the uptick in AOL spam is related to a security breach that affected roughly 2 percent of users. Hackers made off with e-mail addresses, mailing addresses, encrypted passwords, and encrypted security questions. AOL says it’s still investigating the matter in conjunction with federal employees.
So far, there’s no evidence that the encryption on passwords and security questions has been broken. There’s no sign of financial information being compromised either, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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