Second Life: go change your password

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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. [...]

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  1. Comment #1
    Mohammed - Hoteis Em Lisboa on May 22, 2009 at 13:14

    To tel the truth I still can not unserstand such a great popularity of Second Life… It’s almost th hotest topic talked over the internet, people are already started to forget about the real life that must be more important to them. Can’t understan it, really…

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