Connectusers.com forum database compromises: Stakes, Threats and Tips for the users

Following the compromise of a Connectusers.com forum database, by a unknown Egyptian  person, Adobeannounces its investigation. 

According to Adobe: “these reports first started circulating late during the day on Tuesday, November 13, 2012’’. It pursues: ‘’at this point of our investigation, it appears that the Connectusers.com forum site was compromised by an unauthorized third party. It does not appear that any other Adobe services, including the Adobe Connect conferencing service itself, were impacted.’’

To protect Connectusers forum users, we have taken the following actions:

• The Connectusers.com forum site was taken offline in the evening of Tuesday, November 13, 2012. We are working diligently to restore forum services as soon as possible.
• We are in the process of resetting the passwords of impacted Connectusers.com forum members and will reach out to those members with instructions on how to set up new passwords once the forum services are restored.

To protect yourself online is to follow password best practices and use different login credentials across different websites and services.