Neopets, the virtual pet platform published in 1999 and today has tens of millions of users, To the Dutch Data Protection Authority He made a terrifying statement. The platform disclosed that it has detected a cyber attack on some of its systems and that it has seen the data allegedly seized from the platform on a website.

According to the platform’s statement, hackers consisted of old and new users when sharing. The information of 69 million people has been compromised suggested. The said message stated that the platform’s source codes and database were up for sale. Neopets said in a statement that the number of people affected by the attack has not yet been determined.

User identity and contact details were recorded:

According to the statement to KVKK, the data breach in Neopets took place on July 17, 2022 and was discovered by the platform on July 20. Categories of personal data affected by the breach identity, communication and transaction security that was shared. Neopets stated that the investigation into this matter continues. It was said that there are also child users in the group of users who logged the data.

Neopets states that the number of people and records affected by the breach has not yet been determined, but has been registered on the platform. There are 3.5 million active and 65 million inactive accounts. reported. The platform announced that it has partnered with a forensics firm to determine when and how the data breach occurred and what data was affected by the breach.