I'm Collis Ta’eed, CEO of Envato. We run Tuts+ Premium (tutsplus.com). I am writing to you with urgent and important information about a security breach on the Tuts+ Premium service. You are receiving this email because at some point in our history you have signed up an account with Tuts+ Premium with the username: xxx.

Today we learned that our server was compromised, and sensitive data including email addresses and passwords were accessed before we were able to detect and stop the unauthorized intrusion. We have taken immediate measures to take Tuts+ Premium offline and to secure the servers and systems. However because passwords and details have been compromised, you should take immediate action as follows:

-- Why You Are Getting this Email

If you have ever signed up to Tuts+ Premium, even if you didn't follow through with a payment, or your account expired, then your username/password/details were in our database. We are emailing all users to notify them. We apologise for having to send a mass email, but it's very important that all users are made aware of the situation to contain any further repercussions.

-- What To Do

(1) Update passwords on ANY service you use that uses the same password as you had on Tuts+ Premium.

(2) In particular you should consider your own email account, PayPal, Moneybookers, and other payment services. These are the most sensitive targets, and if you had the same password, you should consider this an urgent priority. If you can’t remember what your Tuts+ Premium password was, we encourage you to change passwords on all services you use.

(3) If you use the same password on any other Envato service such as the Envato Marketplaces, you should change your password there too.

-- Where to Go For More Information

We have a post on our Envato Notes blog explaining in detail the situation, what has been compromised, what you should do, and giving answers to questions you may have. Go to the main tutsplus.com domain and follow the link to Envato Notes to read more. Alternatively you can jump straight to the blog post by following this link:
http://notes.envato.com/general/tuts-premium-security/

-- When Tuts+ Premium Comes Back Online

We are urgently working towards bringing the service back online and anticipate it should happen within 48 hours. We apologise for the inconvenience of Tuts+ Premium being offline during this time. When the site is back online, your password on the system will have been reset to a randomised string and you will need to update to a new password. Instructions will be posted on the site at the sign in point.

-- We're Extremely Sorry

We are deeply sorry this has happened, and are working hard to address the situation as best we can. We have published a full report on the Notes blog as mentioned above, and will update it further as more information comes to light.

If you have any questions, concerns or account-related requests, please don't hesitate to contact Envato Support: http://support.envato.com

Regards,

Collis Ta'eed
Envato CEO
Tuts+ Premium