Opera Claims That Its Web Sync System Was Hacked

Most of the companies claimed that there data has been breached by online attackers in the past and now recently Opera says that their Web sync server system was hacked on August 26, 2016.

Opera posting on their blog,

Not long ago, we identified indications of an attack where access was picked up to the Opera sync system. This attack was immediately blocked. Our examinations are progressing, yet we trust a few information, including some of our sync users passwords and data may have been compromised.

Opera store scrambled (for synchronized passwords) or hashed and salted (for validation) passwords in this system, And they have reset all the Opera sync account passwords as a precautionary measure.

The team have additionally sent messages to all Opera sync users to advise them about the incident and approach them to change the passwords for their Opera sync accounts. In a wealth of alert, they have urged users to likewise reset any passwords related to 3rd-party sites as they may have synchronized with the service.

To get a new password for Opera sync, you can use the password resetting page.

Opera says that the aggregate dynamic number of users of Opera sync in the most recent month has reached to 1.7 million, under 0.5% of the aggregate Opera user database of 350 million users. Opera also says that the rest of the Opera web users who don't utilize Opera sync, don't have to take any actions as they are secured.

Opera consider the data security of all the users as important, and apologize users for the bother this may have brought about.