Fantasy site Second Life exposes user data
04:06 - Monday 11 September 2006 by From the Web
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: second, life, exposes, user, data Category : Miscellaneous
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: second, life, exposes, user, data Category : Miscellaneous
Second Life, the fast-growing online site where hundreds of thousands of people play out fantasy lives online, has suffered a computer security breach that exposed the real-world personal data of its users.
Linden Lab, the San Francisco-based company behind the Second Life site, said in a letter to its 650,000 users this weekend that its customer database, including names, addresses, passwords and some credit card data, had been compromised.
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