Bomb Threat Hoaxer Exposed by Hacked Gaming Site

Federal authorities this week arrested a North Carolina man who allegedly ran with a group of online hooligans that attacked Web sites including this one, took requests on Twitter to call in bomb threats to thousands of schools, and tried to frame various online gaming sites as the culprits. In a...

Town of Salem data breach: Personal data of 7.6M gamers stolen

By Uzair Amir Over 7.6 million players have been impacted by a massive data breach suffered by the well-known browser-based role-playing game “Town of Salem.” BlankMediaGames, the owner of the game, has confirmed on its online forum that the breach did occur. A copy of the compromised database fr...

Town of Salem Data Breach Exposes 7.6 Million Gamers' Accounts

A massive data breach at the popular online role-playing game 'Town of Salem' has reportedly impacted more than 7.6 million players, the game owner BlankMediaGames BMG confirmed Wednesday on its online forum. With the user base of more than 8 million players, Town of Salem is a browser-based game...

Town of Salem Data Breach Exposes 7.6 Million Gamers' Accounts

A massive data breach at the popular online role-playing game 'Town of Salem' has reportedly impacted more than 7.6 million players, the game owner BlankMediaGames BMG confirmed Wednesday on its online forum. With the user base of more than 8 million players, Town of Salem is a browser-based game...

Dual Data Leaks of Blur, Town of Salem Impact Millions

The new year has started off with the disclosure of two high-profile data breaches exposing the personal and password data of millions of people. Popular role-playing game Town of Salem saw the email addresses and passwords of more than 7.6 million players hacked; while a separate database issue...