(If you can’t log in, that’s probably why. WildWorks also said that the hacker stole players’ passwords, prompting the company to reset every player’s password. It also said that 12,653 parent accounts had a parent’s full name and billing address, and 16,131 parent accounts had a parent’s name but no billing address.īesides the billing address, the company said no other billing data - such as financial information - was stolen. Much of the stolen data wasn’t highly sensitive, but the company warned that 32 million of those stolen records had the player’s username, 23.9 million records had the player’s gender, 14.8 million records contained the player’s birth year and 5.7 million records had the player’s full date of birth.īut, the company did say that the hacker also took 7 million parent email addresses used to manage their kids’ accounts.

The stolen data dates back to over the past 10 years, the company said, so former users may still be affected. The bad news is that the stolen data is known to be circulating on at least one cybercrime forum, WildWorks said, meaning that malicious hackers may use (or be using) the stolen information. The company said someone broke into one of its systems that the company uses for employees to communicate with each other, and accessed a secret key that allowed the hacker to break into the company’s user database. WildWorks said in a detailed statement that a hacker stole 46 million Animal Jam records in early October but that it only learned of the breach in November.

But while no data breach is ever good news, WildWorks has been more forthcoming about the incident than most companies would be, making it easier for parents to protect both their information and their kids’ data. WildWorks, the gaming company that makes the popular kids game Animal Jam, has confirmed a data breach.Īnimal Jam is one of the most popular games for kids, ranking in the top five games in the 9-11 age category in Apple’s App Store in the U.S., according to data provided by App Annie.

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