Nitro Pdf Data Breach [upd] -
A massive data breach, exposing nearly —including email addresses, full names, hashed passwords, and in some cases, cryptographic API keys and document metadata—sent shockwaves through the cybersecurity community. What made the Nitro breach different wasn’t just its scale. It was the long tail of exposure: a database left unprotected for months, discovered not by Nitro’s own security team, but by independent researchers scanning the open internet.
In September 2020, the Nitro PDF cloud service was compromised. While the company's desktop software (Nitro Pro) remained unaffected, the web-based document conversion and sharing databases were heavily targeted. nitro pdf data breach
Published: October 2020 (Updated analysis) A massive data breach, exposing nearly —including email