mishlert
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 Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 6:49 pm Post subject: Popular Game Site Shut Down When Hackers Steal User Password |
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White Wolf Publishing Inc., a company responsible for some of the most popular role-playing game brands, has shut down operations after international hackers exploited a software flaw and stole user data that included user names, e-mail addresses and encrypted passwords.
Following the breach, the company, based in Stone Mountain, Ga., said the hackers attempted to extort money by threatening to post the potentially sensitive user data on the Internet.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1903020,00.asp |
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