Monday, December 21, 2015

Hello Kitty page data leak leaves parents on alert – TVI24

If your child loves Hello Kitty, this news is for you. The SanrioTown.com site, a community for Hello Kitty fans suffered a leak of information, which will have revealed personal information of at least 3.3 million users.

According to the The Guardian , the site has not commented on the dissemination of information, or if this was due to a computer attack or a system crash.

However, it is estimated that information such as full names of users, dates of birth, country of origin, emails, passwords and answers to check passwords have It has been published on the Internet. The leak affects at least 3.3 million people, especially children and youth, who are the main community of users.

Chris Vickery, researcher, found Available Online database, after having searched the Internet, and warned of the situation.

In addition to Sanrio Town, the other sites related to the community of fans of Hello Kitty suffered the same fate. Among them are hellokitty.com, hellokitty.com.sg, hellokitty.com.my, hellokitty.in.th and mymelody.com.

This is the second time within a month that a website aimed at children suffers an leak information. In November, a computer attack exposed the personal information of six million users of the application of VTech, an electronic toy company.

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