GoToMyPC hit by password attack after LinkedIn data dump

A wide range of Twitter accounts were attacked earlier this month after a 2012 leaked password dump from LinkedIn started getting shared more broadly recently. Leaked password dumps are now affecting Citrix's GoToMyPC service, which allows users to remote control their PC from a range of devices. "The GoToMYPC service has been targeted by a very sophisticated password attack," reads a status message posted two days ago. "Citrix can confirm the recent incident was a password re-use attack, where attackers used usernames and passwords leaked from other websites to access the accounts of GoToMyPC users."

Citrix has responded to the password attack by initiating a mandatory password reset for all GoToMyPC users. It's not clear how many...

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