Neopets users should change their passwords after the site is hacked, compromising 69m accounts.
To see this content please enable targeting cookies.For an additional fee, the seller was offering live access to the database, meaning that even if users changed their password, their information would still be available on the black market.
Neopets support team TNT issued a statement a few hours after the hack was publicised by Jellyneo, stating its acknowledgement of the issue in which"customer data may have been stolen". The team further stated it was investigating the hack fully and had contacted a forensics firm and law enforcement to aid the investigation. In the meantime, TNT asked users to change their password.
Neopets recently became aware that customer data may have been stolen. We immediately launched an investigation assisted by a leading forensics firm. We are also engaging law enforcement and enhancing the protections for our systems and our user data. Payment methods are not thought to be at risk, but TNT is yet to respond to this question which is a point of concern for many of its users.
The Neopets website received an update early this morning, which repeats the previous statement from TNT to ensure users are aware of the ongoing matter.At time of writing, there have been no further updates from TNT on whether financial information is at risk, the source of the hack, or whether the security flaw that allowed external access has been patched.regarding the breach and whether it has been patched yet or not.
If you're just tuning in, the best thing you can do right now is make sure any *other* sites you share passwords with are updated with unique passwords.
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