The online game Neopets focuses on cute pets that players can breed and improve. Now the popular game has been hacked. Millions of accounts are said to be affected.
In the game Neopets, you take care of small, cuddly creatures, of which you are allowed to raise a handful. You raise them and can interact with other pets. The game has a loyal community that regularly visits.
But now hackers have stolen the data of millions of accounts and are demanding a lot of money for it.
Hackers steal around 70 million data from pet owners
What exactly happened? As the online magazine Polygon reports, the popular game Neopets is said to have been hacked. The hackers allegedly stole data from more than 69 million accounts.
The development team behind Neopets has now confirmed the issues on Twitter and explained that both email addresses and passwords are said to be affected (via twitter.com).
Neopets recently learned that customer data may have been stolen. We immediately launched an investigation supported by a leading forensics firm. We are also involving law enforcement and improving the protection of our systems and user data.
However, the hackers have allegedly already contacted and are only demanding 4 Bitcoins for their “support”. That is currently about 100,000 euros, but the value of Bitcoin is declining. This has also led to many miners selling their graphics cards at very low prices and you can buy high-end graphics cards like the RTX 3080 again at the original price.
What is still unclear? It is currently unknown whether credit card information or other payment data may have fallen into the hands of the hackers. Because in Neopets you can subscribe with real money and also store the data of a credit card.
What should I do if I am affected? If you have an account with Neopets, then quickly change your password. If you have used the password for Neopets with other providers, you should also change the password there to keep other accounts safe.
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