DreamHost database hacked: Change your FTP/shell access and email passwords

Web hosting service provider DreamHost suffered a database breach on Friday and reset all 300,000 customers’ FTP and shell access passwords. One of DreamHost’s database servers was illegally accessed using an exploit that was not previously known or prevented by our layered security systems in place. DreamHost customers who used that same password elsewhere should change it immediately before hackers can compromise those other accounts. One has to wonder if the security issue of embedded malware on some sites has more to do with customers not keeping WordPress updated.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2221526/dreamhost-database-hacked–change-your-ftp-shell-access-and-email-passwords.html