Dropbox User Accounts Breached by Hackers, Some Data Accessed

Skip to content Bloomberg Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world For Customers Support Americas +1 212 318 2000 EMEA +44 20 7330 7500 Asia Pacific +65 6212 1000 Company Communications Follow Products Industry Products Media Media Services Company Communications Follow Products Industry Products Media Media Services Bloomberg Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world For Customers Support Americas +1 212 318 2000 EMEA +44 20 7330 7500 Asia Pacific +65 6212 1000 Sept. 1, 2026, 9:20 PM UTC Hackers broke into thousands of Dropbox Inc. accounts last month, viewing and downloading material users kept on the cloud-storage platform, according to a company statement and records seen by Bloomberg News. About 5,000 Dropbox accounts were compromised by the hackers, who accessed files on less than a third of them, spokesperson Tim Rathschmidt said in an email. When Dropbox learned of the issue, it moved to secure the accounts, he said, adding that the company has since notified regulators and affected users.

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