GoTo says hackers stole encrypted backups during November cyberattack

Multibillion-dollar software-as-a-service provider GoTo said hackers stole an encryption key for customer-owned backups during a November cyberattack.

In a statement this week, GoTo CEO Paddy Srinivasan said the November cyberattack involved the exfiltration of data from a third-party cloud storage service related to several of their products.

“The affected information, which varies by product, may include account usernames, salted and hashed passwords, a portion of Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) settings, as well as some product settings and licensing information,” Srinivasan said …

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