Neopets, Inc.

Neopets, Inc.

The California Attorney General reported on August 30, 2022, that Neopets experienced a data breach involving unauthorized access to player personal information. The breach occurred between January 3-February 5, 2021, and July 16-19, 2022, potentially affecting data such as names, email addresses, usernames, and hashed passwords, among others. The number of individuals affected is currently unknown.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-556741

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/jumpstartgames

"id": "jum915080425",
"linkid": "jumpstartgames",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2021",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Gaming',
                        'name': 'Neopets',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
                                                         'email addresses'],
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'email addresses',
                                              'usernames',
                                              'hashed passwords']},
 'date_detected': '2022-08-30',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-08-30',
 'description': 'Unauthorized access to player personal information including '
                'names, email addresses, usernames, and hashed passwords.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'email addresses',
                                 'usernames',
                                 'hashed passwords']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-08-30',
                 'source': 'California Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Neopets Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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