Second Life Hacked
Second Life is an MMORPG where players can live in an alternate reality of their own making. They can have jobs, businesses, stage political protests, whatever you want, you can do in Second Life. It’s a great escape from reality, but the safety of that bubble burst on September 6th 2006. Someone hacked their database.
On September 8th, Linden Lab came forth with a security bulletin urging all users to immediately change their password. Robert Linden stated that some of their unencrypted customer info was pilfered such as, account names, real life names and contact information. Fortunately nobody’s credit card information was stolen, since that info is stored on an separate database.
For the security bulletin, make the jump.
Second Life Hacked
Second Life is an MMORPG where players can live in an alternate reality of their own making. They can have jobs, businesses, stage political protests, whatever you want, you can do in Second Life. It’s a great escape from reality, but the safety of that bubble burst on September 6th 2006. Someone hacked their database.
On September 8th, Linden Lab came forth with a security bulletin urging all users to immediately change their password. Robert Linden stated that some of their unencrypted customer info was pilfered such as, account names, real life names and contact information. Fortunately nobody’s credit card information was stolen, since that info is stored on an separate database.
The Security Announcement for Second Life:
On September 6 we discovered evidence that an intruder was able to access the Second Life database through the web servers. The exploit was shut down on the afternoon of September 6 when we discovered it. Detailed investigation over the last two days confirmed that some of the unencrypted customer information stored in the database was compromised, potentially including Second Life account names, real life names and contact information, along with encrypted account passwords and encrypted payment information. No unencrypted credit card information is stored on the database in question. Unencrypted credit card information has not been compromised. As a precaution we have invalidated all Second Life account passwords. In order to log-in to Second Life you will have to create a new password. Please access the log-in page at https://secondlife.com/password, and click on the “Forgot Password” link. An email will be sent to the email address you have registered with us. (Don’t forget to check your spam filter!) Please click through the link in that email, answer the security question, and create a new password. Passwords cannot be changed over the phone at this time. Phone support for password issues will be available starting Monday, September 11.via: Kotaku
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Posted to Video Games on 10 September 2006
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