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TaskRabbit is resetting customer passwords after finding ‘suspicious activity’ on its network



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TaskRabbit has reset an unknown number of customer passwords after confirming it detected “suspicious activity” on its network.
The IKEA -owned online marketplace for on-demand labor said it reset user passwords out of an abundance of caution and that it “took steps to prevent access to any user accounts,” a TaskRabbit spokesperson told TechCrunch.
The company later confirmed it was a credential stuffing attack, where existing sets of exposed or breached usernames and passwords are matched against different websites to access accounts.
“We acted in an abundance of caution and reset passwords for many TaskRabbit accounts, including all users who …

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