In 2019, Slack suffered a data breach and asked users to reset their passwords. Now, once again, the company is sending password reset emails to its registered users on Android devices to change passwords after their logging credentials were exposed in plain-text format.
Slack Notifying Customers to Reset Passwords
Android users of the popular chat app Slack have received an email from the company requesting them to reset their password. Most users believed that it may be a scam as it contains a ‘phishy-looking’ link.
For your information, the email is genuine. Slack company representatives confirmed that this email is not a scam, and users must immediately change their passwords. You can visit this link to sign in to Slack and change the password.
Here’s a screenshot of the email Slack has sent its customers:
Image source: Android Police
Why Reset Slack Password?
Reportedly, Slack’s Android app accidentally started logging credentials in plain text. That’s why the company sent out email notifications to inform impacted customers about the issue so that they reset their passwords.
Slack wrote that a bug was identified in the app on 21st December 2020, which caused some versions of the Android app to log “clear text user credentials to their device.”
However, it only impacted a small subset of Android app users while iPhone users are unaffected. The company fixed the issue o ..
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