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Hello Kitty hacked
« on: Monday, 21 December, 2015 @ 03:50:09 »
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Data From 3.3 Million Hello Kitty Accounts Leaked

Bad news for Hello Kitty fans: Someone with no heart, soul, or love for the charming little cat figure (and her other animal friends) has apparently hacked sanriotown.com, Hello Kitty's official online community. In total, the leaked database contains records for around 3.3 million accounts at the website.

According to a report from CSO, the leaked database has a lot of data that various Hello Kitty fans probably don't want public:

"first and last names, birthday [...], gender, country of origin, email addresses, unsalted SHA-1 password hashes, password hint questions, their corresponding answers, and other data points that appear to be website related."

The biggest worry about said leak is that there are likely a lot of accounts for kids across Hello Kitty's digital network. Parents are currently advised to check and see if their kids use the site. If so, it's time to change their passwords—and it's important to change them to something that isn't already used on other sites, as to ensure their security.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2496878,00.asp


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If you or your child are registered on sanriotown.com or any of the related domains, it might be best to make sure that you're not using the same password on critical websites, such as those related to financial matters, email, or social media.

In the event that such overlap exists, then you should change your passwords immediately. Moreover, if you use the same hint question and answer across all websites, or related hints and questions, it's a good idea to change those as well.

If the option is available, you should strongly consider using two-factor authentication. Most banks and social media websites offer this feature.

While having sensitive details exposed is bad enough for adults, when the information relates to a child – it's worse. If someone managed to compromise a child's identity, the fraud might not be detected for years, because most parents don't monitor their child's credit record.
http://www.csoonline.com/article/3017171/security/database-leak-exposes-3-3-million-hello-kitty-fans.html

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