152 million Adobe customers hacked worldwide?

[George Tyndall]

And, obviously, look twice at any email purportedly from Adobe encouraging you to download updates or new versions of the software.

Quoted from: http://gma.yahoo.com/adobe-hack-just-ti ... ories.html

Possible conflict: The author is the chariman and cofounerof Credit.com, which he recommends toward the end of the article.

[Ron Hunter]

I find it interesting that just a few days after online purchase/download of Adobe PSE12 and PRE12, my credit card was hacked. Coincidence?

I'm waiting on my new card now.

[TreeTopsRanch]

Where did you purchase those? Amazon or Adobe?

[Ron Hunter]

Direct from Adobe.

[TreeTopsRanch]

Well you did see the news article about adobe being hacked on Oct 03, 2013 didn't you? If they had your charge card info at that time then that's how you got took. Had you made any purchase from them prior to that date?

[Ron Hunter]

Yes, when I purchased PSE/PRE10 in 2011.

[Bob]

Unfortunately, this sort of thing happens all the time. It can be any company, not just Adobe. Even my bank was hacked and my number stolen. It's not limited to online purchases either. It can be captured at the point of sale or from hacking the company's database.