Neopets says hackers had access to its systems for 18 months

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Neopets has released details about the recently disclosed data breach incident that exposed personal information of more than 69 million members.

Findings of the investigation launched on July 20, 2022 revealed that attackers had access to the Neopets IT systems from January 3, 2021 until July 19, 2022.
The company learned about the breach only after a hacker offered to sell a Neopets database for four bitcoins.
The hacker claimed the database contained 460MB of source code and sensitive personal information for 69 million members.
 

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