DevianART Email Database Hacked

[Demon_Skeith]

DevianART — a popular social networking site for artists and artist wannabes — is the latest to fall victim to hackers. The company has informed its users that its email database, which contains more than 13 million addresses, has been hacked. As a result, DevianART users could potentially become victims of spam or phishing attacks. Luckily, passwords have not been compromised.

The company issued the following statement in a newsletter:

“Silverpop Systems, Inc., a leading marketing company that sends email messages for its clients, told us that information was taken from its servers. This was probably part of a sweep by spammers. As a result, email addresses belonging to deviantART members were copied. Corresponding usernames and birth date may also have been removed.”

Just a few days ago, both the McDonalds and Gawker databases were hacked, exposing thousands of users’ email addresses. In the case of Gawker, even passwords were compromised.

DeviantART members must not give out their passwords to any entities asking for it via email. Make sure that before you reply to an email that it’s coming from a legit source.

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[froggyboy604]

This is one of the reasons that I use an e-mail address specifically for joining social sites not related to school, banking, or shopping. Plus, it reduces spam on my more important e-mail addresses.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

I need to start doing that.