I did and I was wondering the same thing.

Yes, I did. I don't plan to change anything since a Houzz password is only good on Houzz. Just goes to show nothing is secure so never use the same password for other sites and never login with your FB account. Maybe it was hacked to find out who is posting all the political "hot topics" posts.

I didn't.

This is a copy of the notice I received. I was wondering about a hoax also. As hard as it is to get anything done on Houzz, I think I'll leave mine be. Don't remember what it was anyway......Maryl

Hello,

Houzz recently learned that a file containing some of our user data was obtained by an unauthorized third party.

We do not believe that your password was compromised. However, as a precaution, we recommend that you reset your Houzz password by clicking https://www.houzz.com/changePassword or by going into your account settings.

Because we value the trust our community places in us, we also wanted to let you know that we are taking additional steps to improve our security and protect you and your data. We have conducted an internal investigation, engaged with law enforcement, and retained a leading security forensics firm with regard to this matter.

The following types of data could have been impacted by this incident:

• Certain publicly visible information from a user’s Houzz profile only if the user made this information publicly available (e.g., first name, last name, city, state, country, profile description)
• Certain internal identifiers and fields that have no discernible meaning to anyone outside of Houzz (e.g., country of site used, whether a user has a profile image)
• Certain internal account information (e.g., email address, user ID, prior Houzz usernames, one-way encrypted passwords salted uniquely per user, IP address, and city and ZIP code inferred from IP address) and certain publicly available account information (e.g., current Houzz username and, if a user logs into Houzz through Facebook, the user’s public Facebook ID)

Importantly, this incident does not involve financial information.

If you have questions, you can find more information at https://help.houzz.com/s/article/security-update.


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Thanks MaryL . Your notice appears to be the same as mine

I got the same message. I changed my password.

Nancy

I got it too.

Sherry

I wish Houzz had spent time enhancing its security rather than revamping its software so that pictures are more difficult to upload. Perhaps the hacking came as a result of the tech update.

I don't know Mantis_oh but I have been around Gardenweb since the Spike days and all the incarnations since and this is the first time anything like this has ever happened . So you may be right