Another little notice for you today concerning account security. Hackers have apparently gained access to the NVIDIA forums, gaining access to usernames, email addresses, hashed passwords with random salt values, and public "About Me" profile information.
This is the latest in a string of database intrusions this week. Earlier this week information was stolen from Billabong, Yahoo, and Phandroid. If you have an account at any of these sites or services, it's strongly urged that you change your password there and at any other site you may be using that password at.
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NVIDIA did not store any passwords in clear text. "About Me" optional profiles could include a user’s title, age, birthdate, gender, location, interests, email and website URL – all of which was already publicly accessible.
NVIDIA is continuing to investigate this matter and is working to restore the Forums as soon as possible. We are employing additional security measures to minimize the impact of future attacks.
All user passwords for our Forums will be reset when the system comes back online. At that time, an email with a temporary password, along with instructions on how to change it, will be sent to the user’s registered email address.
As a precautionary measure, we strongly recommend that you change any identical passwords that you may be using elsewhere.
NVIDIA is continuing to investigate this matter and is working to restore the Forums as soon as possible. We are employing additional security measures to minimize the impact of future attacks.
All user passwords for our Forums will be reset when the system comes back online. At that time, an email with a temporary password, along with instructions on how to change it, will be sent to the user’s registered email address.
As a precautionary measure, we strongly recommend that you change any identical passwords that you may be using elsewhere.
This is the latest in a string of database intrusions this week. Earlier this week information was stolen from Billabong, Yahoo, and Phandroid. If you have an account at any of these sites or services, it's strongly urged that you change your password there and at any other site you may be using that password at.
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