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Hackers gain private information on all 642,720+ Second Life users

Posted By Brad On September 8, 2006 @ 11:56 pm In BESComputers.net | No Comments

Linden Labs has forced a password reset for every one of its 642,720+ residents after it was revealed hackers gained access to the entire user database. Customer service will not begin to address password issues until Monday, September 11.

(the news story link is a “blog” because that is the “official” lines of communications from Linden Labs

[1] read more | [2] digg story

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URL to article: http://blog.bescomputers.net/2006/09/08/hackers-gain-private-information-on-all-642720-second-life-users/

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[1] read more: http://blog.secondlife.com/2006/09/08/urgent-security-announcement/
[2] digg story: http://digg.com/security/Hackers_gain_private_information_on_all_642_720_Second_
Life_users

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