> As this is a security incident, we will not be sharing specifics about what mitigating changes are being made at this time. However, we do want to share that we’ve partnered with a security firm to review the incident and analyze the site to help prevent future incidents. AO3's security is deeply important to us.
> At this time, we have no reason to believe that the user database was compromised, though we cannot rule out that possibility. As the site is now up, we recommend you consider changing your password and ensuring that your email is up-to-date. As a precaution, we also recommend changing your password on any other sites where you have reused your AO3 password.
btown•11m ago
https://www.otwstatus.org/incidents/g12jnxck9g6h
> As this is a security incident, we will not be sharing specifics about what mitigating changes are being made at this time. However, we do want to share that we’ve partnered with a security firm to review the incident and analyze the site to help prevent future incidents. AO3's security is deeply important to us.
> At this time, we have no reason to believe that the user database was compromised, though we cannot rule out that possibility. As the site is now up, we recommend you consider changing your password and ensuring that your email is up-to-date. As a precaution, we also recommend changing your password on any other sites where you have reused your AO3 password.