Hello Kitty fans who use the SanrioTown.com online community have reason to be concerned as it has been apparently been hacked. The hack was discovered by researcher Chris Vickery who informed security blog Salted Hash. Now out in the wild are usersnames, birthdates, gender, nationality, email addresses, unsalted SHA-1 password hashes, and password hint questions among other things.
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What’s worse is that most of the users are likely kids. So this mirrors the VTech hack from a few weeks ago. Or the Hello Barbie hack for that matter. So, if I’m a parent, I have to wonder if I have to keep my kids off the grid seeing as nothing appears to be safe for kids to use.
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Hello Kitty Online Community Pwned….3.3 Million Users Details In The Wild….
Hello Kitty fans who use the SanrioTown.com online community have reason to be concerned as it has been apparently been hacked. The hack was discovered by researcher Chris Vickery who informed security blog Salted Hash. Now out in the wild are usersnames, birthdates, gender, nationality, email addresses, unsalted SHA-1 password hashes, and password hint questions among other things.
#Fail
What’s worse is that most of the users are likely kids. So this mirrors the VTech hack from a few weeks ago. Or the Hello Barbie hack for that matter. So, if I’m a parent, I have to wonder if I have to keep my kids off the grid seeing as nothing appears to be safe for kids to use.
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