[privacy] Second Life Suffers Security Breach

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via MSNBC (Reuters).

[snip]

Second Life, the fast-growing online site where hundreds of thousands
of people play out fantasy lives online, has suffered a computer
security breach that exposed the real-world personal data of its users.

Linden Lab, the San Francisco-based company behind the Second Life
site, said in a letter to its 650,000 users this weekend that its
customer database, including names, addresses, passwords and some
credit card data, had been compromised.

[snip]

More:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14783327/

- ferg


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