Slack’s been hacked

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Slack has been hacked. Today, the company posted about “unauthorized access to a Slack database storing user profile information” that happened back in February. The database stored profile data such as names, emails and one-way encrypted passwords, which is a version of a user’s password stored as a hash.

The company says that credit card data was not compromised, but it is encouraging everyone to reset their passwords and enable two-factor authentication.

Slack is also warning certain users that there was “suspicious activity affecting a very small number of Slack accounts,” though it is not disclosing specifics with the public.

In addition to two-factor authentication, which the company enabled today (and is making it super easy to set up), Slack has added a “Password Kill Switch” for team owners to unilaterally issue one-time team-wide password resets.

The breach comes days after news broke that Slack is reportedly looking to raise a sizeable sum at a $2.6 billion valuation.

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