“In addition to our existing monitoring practices, we will be rolling out additional security measures to protect your account, including increased security review and two-factor authentication (which we strongly encourage all customers to use),” the company reassures its client-base. ![]() It goes without saying that while the said breaches have taken place a number of years ago, many of the compromised credentials remain to be valid-which, for security analysts, reflects the current state of user regard for a proper “password hygiene.” Carbonite joins several organizations seen to have been hit by this kind of attack including Github, and Citrix’s GoToMyPc. The millions of credentials unearthed from the separate breaches at LinkedIn, MySpace, Tumblr, and VK, are believed to be the source of the recently-discovered line of reused password attacks. In the past month or so, over 700 million stolen credentials have emerged after a string of social networking sites has been uncovered to be victims of breaches that date to as old as 20. The news of the reused password attack was heavily linked to the surfacing of user information in the cybercriminal underground. ![]() However, the incident led to a decision to reset all users registered to the backup firm. The notice says that affected usernames and passwords have been determined, some of which may have personal information exposed. In its efforts to mitigate risks brought by the suspicious activity, the company issued notifications to its 1.5 million active users of individuals and small businesses forcing a password reset. The company claims that no evidence have been uncovered during its investigations that point to a breach or a compromise. The attackers then tried to use the stolen information to access Carbonite accounts.” The statement reads, “ This activity appears to be the result of a third party attacker using compromised email addresses and passwords obtained from other companies that were previously attacked. Using an Active-Active data services fabric, PeerGFS facilitates faster file access performance with local access to data, high availability and redundancy of data across synchronized storage systems, and continuous data protection while protecting against ransomware and minimizing RTO and RPO in disaster scenarios.Cloud-based backup solutions provider, Carbonite, recently notified its users following a discovery of unauthorized attempts to penetrate an undisclosed number of accounts in a security bulletin on Tuesday, June 21. Peer’s flagship solution, PeerGFS, enables enterprises to create a modern distributed file system that seamlessly integrates existing storage platforms across multi-site, on-premises and cloud storage. Peer Software enables enterprise availability and resilience from edge to data center to cloud. “The joint Peer Software and Wasabi solution is a great example of offering simple accessibility of application data across the enterprise – as we empower customers to protect their data while keeping it current and in an open format for easy accessibility.” ![]() “Wasabi is committed to meeting the world’s growing data storage requirements by providing predictable and affordable, hot cloud storage that our strategic partners can integrate with their own solutions to deliver a simple, secure, high-performance solution to the market,” said David Boland, VP of Cloud Strategy Wasabi Technologies. With all these features, Peer Software and Wasabi also offer a predictable cost structure for data management budgeting. Through Peer Software, data in Wasabi is stored in an open format that is immediately accessible. With this integration, customers can now replicate file data that is stored on-premises or in a multi-cloud system, to Wasabi object storage, in real-time, without expensive hardware or the need to implement a proprietary file system. ![]() By partnering with Wasabi, we are offering a solution to these challenges.” In addition to optimizing system performance, assuring uptime is imperative for mission-critical applications like VDI where interruptions to sessions and data access can impact brand reputation, profitability, time to market, and customer service. “This is especially challenging with the growing cost of storage systems while pushing capabilities in support of applications that are increasingly distributed. “Today’s enterprise requires a holistic approach to data infrastructure that matches unique operational requirements,” said Jimmy Tam, CEO, Peer Software.
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