Second Life: go change your password
As not all of you may be login into the website or read the blog:Urgent Security AnnouncementOn 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. [...]
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. [...]
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