Security News > 2022 > July > Neopets data breach exposes personal data of 69 million members
Virtual pet website Neopets has suffered a data breach leading to the theft of source code and a database containing the personal information of over 69 million members.
Neopets is a popular website where members can own, raise, and play games with their virtual pets.
After the news of the breach spread online, the Neopets team, designated by the TNT abbreviation, has confirmed on Discord that they are aware of the security incident and working on resolving it.
"We should note that the effectiveness of changing your Neopets password is currently debatable as long as hackers have live access to the database, as they can simply check what your new password is," reads an announcement on the Neopets Discord server.
For the latest updates on the data breach, TNT recommends Neopet members monitor a topic on the Neopets Help Site Jelleyneo or the Jelleyneo Twitter account, where status updates will be posted.
This is not the first data breach for Neopets, with member data previously circulating online in 2016 from a breach that occured in 2012.
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