The company shared similar information in breach notification letters sent to about 6,500 customers, according to TechCrunch. The spokesperson said they “took a variety of actions” to secure user accounts and personal information but would not elaborate. We continue to work with our customers to help them secure their accounts and personal information.” “We have been monitoring closely, flagging accounts with suspicious login attempts and proactively requiring those customers to reset their passwords upon login along with additional security measures to protect our customers. ![]() “Systems have not been compromised, and they are safe and operational, but as is all too commonplace in today’s world for bad actors to take credentials found elsewhere, like the Dark Web, and create automated attacks to gain access to other unrelated accounts,” a spokesperson said. The incident centered around Norton Password Manager users. Gen Digital – which owns Norton LifeLock and several other consumer cybersecurity brands – told The Record that 925,000 inactive and active accounts were locked down after their security team identified a high number of Norton account login attempts. Nearly one million active and inactive Norton LifeLock accounts have been targeted by credential stuffing attacks, according to a statement from the cybersecurity product’s parent company.
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