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'''Nitro Pro''' is a Portable Document Format (PDF) editing application<ref>{{cite web |title=Nitro Pro 12 review: A better document workflow |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/3278587/software/nitro-pro-12-pdf-editor-review.html |access-date=31 October 2018 |website=PC Magazine |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20180729061555/https://www.pcworld.com/article/3278587/software/nitro-pro-12-pdf-editor-review.html |archive-date=29 Jul 2018}}</ref> and electronic signature software.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Nitro PDF Pro |url=https://studentit.unimelb.edu.au/software/nitro-pdf-pro |access-date=August 15, 2024 |website=The University of Melbourne |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251004224257/https://studentit.unimelb.edu.au/software/nitro-pdf-pro |archive-date=4 Oct 2025}}</ref> | '''Nitro Pro''' is a Portable Document Format (PDF) editing application<ref>{{cite web |title=Nitro Pro 12 review: A better document workflow |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/3278587/software/nitro-pro-12-pdf-editor-review.html |access-date=31 October 2018 |website=PC Magazine |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20180729061555/https://www.pcworld.com/article/3278587/software/nitro-pro-12-pdf-editor-review.html |archive-date=29 Jul 2018}}</ref> and electronic signature software.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Nitro PDF Pro |url=https://studentit.unimelb.edu.au/software/nitro-pdf-pro |access-date=August 15, 2024 |website=The University of Melbourne |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251004224257/https://studentit.unimelb.edu.au/software/nitro-pdf-pro |archive-date=4 Oct 2025}}</ref> | ||
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Claimed to be used by over 10 thousand business customers and 1.8 million licensed users, Nitro is an application used to create, edit, and sign PDFs and digital documents. As part of their service offering, Nitro offers a cloud service used by customers to share documents with coworkers or other organizations involved in the document creation process. A massive data breach suffered by the Nitro PDF service impacts many well-known organizations, including Google, Apple, Microsoft, Chase, and Citibank.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Massive Nitro data breach impacts Microsoft, Google, Apple, more |url=https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/massive-nitro-data-breach-impacts-microsoft-google-apple-more/ |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=BleepingComputer |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260128094434/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/massive-nitro-data-breach-impacts-microsoft-google-apple-more/ |archive-date=28 Jan 2026}}</ref> | Claimed to be used by over 10 thousand business customers and 1.8 million licensed users, Nitro is an application used to create, edit, and sign PDFs and digital documents. As part of their service offering, Nitro offers a cloud service used by customers to share documents with coworkers or other organizations involved in the document creation process. A massive data breach suffered by the Nitro PDF service impacts many well-known organizations, including Google, Apple, Microsoft, Chase, and Citibank.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Massive Nitro data breach impacts Microsoft, Google, Apple, more |url=https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/massive-nitro-data-breach-impacts-microsoft-google-apple-more/ |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=BleepingComputer |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260128094434/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/massive-nitro-data-breach-impacts-microsoft-google-apple-more/ |archive-date=28 Jan 2026}}</ref> | ||
== | ==Consumer impact summary== | ||
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==Incidents== | |||
This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]]. | |||
===Massive data breach (''2020'')=== | |||
In September 2020, the Nitro PDF service suffered a massive data breach which exposed over 70 million unique email addresses. Cybersecurity intelligence firm Cyble has told BleepingComputer that a threat actor is selling the user and document databases, as well as 1TB of documents, that they claim to have stolen from Nitro Software's cloud service. Cyble states that the 'user_credential' database table contains 70 million user records containing email addresses, full names, bcrypt hashed passwords, titles, company names, IP addresses, and other system-related data.<ref name=":0" /> | In September 2020, the Nitro PDF service suffered a massive data breach which exposed over 70 million unique email addresses. Cybersecurity intelligence firm Cyble has told BleepingComputer that a threat actor is selling the user and document databases, as well as 1TB of documents, that they claim to have stolen from Nitro Software's cloud service. Cyble states that the 'user_credential' database table contains 70 million user records containing email addresses, full names, bcrypt hashed passwords, titles, company names, IP addresses, and other system-related data.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
===Nitro's response=== | ====Nitro's response==== | ||
On October 21st 2020, Nitro Software issued an advisory to the Australia Stock Exchange, stating that they were affected by a "low impact security incident" but that no customer data was impacted. Despite Nitro's advisory, the data breach exposed names, bcrypt password hashes and the titles of converted documents. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nitro |url=https://haveibeenpwned.com/breach/Nitro |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=Have I Been Pwned |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260222162541/https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/Nitro |archive-date=22 Feb 2026}}</ref> | On October 21st 2020, Nitro Software issued an advisory to the Australia Stock Exchange, stating that they were affected by a "low impact security incident" but that no customer data was impacted. Despite Nitro's advisory, the data breach exposed names, bcrypt password hashes and the titles of converted documents. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nitro |url=https://haveibeenpwned.com/breach/Nitro |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=Have I Been Pwned |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260222162541/https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/Nitro |archive-date=22 Feb 2026}}</ref> | ||
In April 2023 Nitro Pro (NTO) was de-listed from the Australian Stock Exchange<ref name="NitroDelisting">[https://stocklight.com/stocks/au/delisted?code=NTO Nitro Software Delisting] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20251004224255/https://stocklight.com/stocks/au/delisted?code=NTO Archived])</ref> when the company was purchased by Ellerston Capital.<ref name="NitroInvestment">[https://ellerstoncapital.com/news/ellerston-jaade-new-investment-nitro/ Ellerston Jaade's Investment in Nitro] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20251110110626/https://ellerstoncapital.com/news/ellerston-jaade-new-investment-nitro/ Archived])</ref> | |||
== Perpetual License Deactivation == | == Perpetual License Deactivation == | ||
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''Nitro is transitioning to a subscription licensing model. All Nitro PDF Pro for Windows perpetual licenses will be deactivated by December 31, 2025. You will receive an email notification prior to deactivation. You can upgrade up to 20 perpetual licenses to a subscription now, regardless of the deactivation date.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Upgrade to Nitro Pro |url=https://help.gonitro.com/support/upgrade |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250905150142/https://help.gonitro.com/support/upgrade |archive-date=5 Sep 2025}}</ref> | ''Nitro is transitioning to a subscription licensing model. All Nitro PDF Pro for Windows perpetual licenses will be deactivated by December 31, 2025. You will receive an email notification prior to deactivation. You can upgrade up to 20 perpetual licenses to a subscription now, regardless of the deactivation date.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Upgrade to Nitro Pro |url=https://help.gonitro.com/support/upgrade |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250905150142/https://help.gonitro.com/support/upgrade |archive-date=5 Sep 2025}}</ref> | ||
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