Adobe gets hacked Thursday which caused its source code to be accessed compromising 2.9 million personal subscriber information that were either stolen or deleted.
Once a source code is accessed, there is a big possibility that the hackers could duplicate and exploit Adobe to its core.
The software company has taken a series of steps to recover from the cyber attack. It had contacted officials to help in the cyber crime investigations. Adobe's subscribers were advised of ways to safeguard their information to avoid any other personal security risks. Financial institutions involved in payment transactions were also contacted to prevent any exploitative attacks towards its subscribers.
"We deeply regret that this incident occurred. We're working diligently internally, as well as with external partners and law enforcement, to address the incident," said ," Adobe Chief Security Head Brad Arkin in a blog post.
Adobe said that confidential information of its subscribers was stolen including personal data, credit card information, account profiles, and password encryption. The software company asked for officials from the federal enforcers to give a hand in probing the hacking incident.
At the same time, the software company contacted the credit card customers to tell them on how to safeguard their credit card accounts. They will be provided with a credit-monitoring subscription, complimentary service free for a year.
They had also protected user profiles by having passwords changed for those customers who were affected. Communications were sent to tell users on how to reset passwords.
Adobe also asked the assistance of financial institutions who were involved in earlier payment transactions. They sought to further protect their customers from being taken advantage of by the cyber attackers.
The cyber attackers are being held back with these series of preventive measures from further exploits. However, Adobe is also in a dire situation since the hackers was also able to get access to its source code. A fitting analogy of Adobe's situation would be a successful security attack and access to the Coke syrup secret formula.
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