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Neopets Data Breach 2021 2022

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Cyber Education
May 23, 2023

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Neopets Data Breach 2021-2022

Are you familiar with the company Neopets? Neopets is a virtual pet website that allows its users to own and take care of virtual pets. Sounds fun, right? In this new digital-focused world, this business really does sound appealing. How about a data breach that impacts millions of users and

On May 15, 2022, Neopets discovered that a third party hacker gained unauthorized access to their database, which contained private information of their users. The information that was accessed included usernames, email addresses, hashed passwords, birth dates, and IP addresses.

Neopets launched a thorough investigation into the matter and stated that they were working to strengthen their company’s cybersecuirty measure. As a precautionary measure, the parent company recommended that all Neopets users change their passwords and enable two-factor authentication on their accounts. They stated that they had also implemented additional security measures, including more robust encryption protocols and enhanced monitoring of our systems.

An investigation revealed that attackers had access to the Neopets IT systems from January 3, 2021 until July 19, 2022, a total of 18 months. 18months! That is insane. For a dta breach to go undetected for more than 1 year, you can only imagine the field day that the hackers must have had with this access.

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