3D printing website Shapeways gets hacked

3D printing aficionados be wary, as popular 3D printing services firm Shapeways, Inc. has just suffered a data breach. Customers are now receiving notices from the company, letting them know what information is and is not at risk.

The exact time and means of the breach has not yet been disclosed, but Shapways is reporting “an incident involving unauthorized access to [its] systems.” According to the breach notification, the intruders gained access to some user names, email addresses, and shipping addresses, which could be sold or potentially misused.

While passwords may be put at risk, the Shapeways website protects them with a hash to prevent misuse. However, the notice still suggests resetting passwords as quickly as possible, and if the password is re-used on any other websites, to change those as well. Many users log in through Shapeways through their Google accounts, which are most likely untouched, but wary users may want to change their passwords there as well, to be safe.