--- title: Legacy Lenovo login opens 5,000 Dropbox accounts to... description: A legacy Lenovo login integration exposed roughly 5,000 Dropbox accounts to attackers, prompting Dropbox to sever the old integration and urge affected users... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/legacy-lenovo-login-opens-5-000-dropbox-accounts-to-attackers-8m5j4lhsy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Legacy Lenovo login opens 5,000 Dropbox accounts to attackers | daily.dev og:description: A legacy Lenovo login integration exposed roughly 5,000 Dropbox accounts to attackers, prompting Dropbox to sever the old integration and urge affected users... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/legacy-lenovo-login-opens-5-000-dropbox-accounts-to-attackers-8m5j4lhsy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/8M5j4LhSy.png og:image:alt: Legacy Lenovo login opens 5,000 Dropbox accounts to attackers og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Legacy Lenovo login opens 5,000 Dropbox accounts to attackers **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A legacy Lenovo login integration exposed roughly 5,000 Dropbox accounts to attackers, prompting Dropbox to sever the old integration and urge affected users to reset their credentials. The page is actually a news aggregator homepage listing multiple unrelated security, AI, and FOSS stories, with this Lenovo/Dropbox breach headline being just one item among many, lacking further technical detail. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why did Dropbox disable its Lenovo login integration? Dropbox severed a legacy Lenovo login integration after attackers used it to gain access to roughly 5,000 Dropbox accounts. Dropbox urged affected users to reset their credentials following the discovery of the exposure. _Track fast-moving breach disclosures like this one by following security news on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [New phishing attack leverages PDFs and Dropbox](https://daily.dev/posts/new-phishing-attack-leverages-pdfs-and-dropbox-pdtkrgw7z) · CSO Online · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#data-breach](https://daily.dev/tags/data-breach) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/legacy-lenovo-login-opens-5-000-dropbox-accounts-to-attackers-8m5j4lhsy) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Legacy Lenovo login opens 5,000 Dropbox accounts to attackers","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/legacy-lenovo-login-opens-5-000-dropbox-accounts-to-attackers-8m5j4lhsy","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/legacy-lenovo-login-opens-5-000-dropbox-accounts-to-attackers-8m5j4lhsy"},"datePublished":"2026-09-02T14:28:49.357Z","dateModified":"2026-09-02T14:42:13.277Z","description":"A legacy Lenovo login integration exposed roughly 5,000 Dropbox accounts to attackers, prompting Dropbox to sever the old integration and urge affected users...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/4b316e69370f3833ab6ee3ba691b605f?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/4b316e69370f3833ab6ee3ba691b605f?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Register","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Register","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/66aa2113fdad463992ffcbf0e8963fda","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/theregister"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/legacy-lenovo-login-opens-5-000-dropbox-accounts-to-attackers-8m5j4lhsy","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"data-breach","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Register","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/theregister"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Legacy Lenovo login opens 5,000 Dropbox accounts to attackers"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/legacy-lenovo-login-opens-5-000-dropbox-accounts-to-attackers-8m5j4lhsy#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Why did Dropbox disable its Lenovo login integration?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Dropbox severed a legacy Lenovo login integration after attackers used it to gain access to roughly 5,000 Dropbox accounts. 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