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Animal sex fans’ personal info exposed, as popular furry game is hacked | |
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Cyber crooks have hacked an x-rated video game, leaking the personal information of those who play High Tail Hall, a roleplaying game involving sexualised humanoid-animals, onto the web. | Cyber crooks have hacked an x-rated video game, leaking the personal information of those who play High Tail Hall, a roleplaying game involving sexualised humanoid-animals, onto the web. |
The animal-sex-simulating computer game is popular with ‘furries’ - a subculture interested in animals characters with sexualized human features. High Tail Hall includes characters like stripper cheetahs and a buxom barmaid zebra who serves drinks and sexual favors to her patrons. | The animal-sex-simulating computer game is popular with ‘furries’ - a subculture interested in animals characters with sexualized human features. High Tail Hall includes characters like stripper cheetahs and a buxom barmaid zebra who serves drinks and sexual favors to her patrons. |
Hack-monitoring website ‘Have I Been Pwned’ confirmed the August data breach, and also revealed that player’s personal information had been published on a popular hacker’s forum. | Hack-monitoring website ‘Have I Been Pwned’ confirmed the August data breach, and also revealed that player’s personal information had been published on a popular hacker’s forum. |
“In August 2018, the adult furry interactive game creator HTH Studios suffered a data breach impacting multiple repositories of customer data. HTH Studios is aware of the incident,” they posted on their website. | “In August 2018, the adult furry interactive game creator HTH Studios suffered a data breach impacting multiple repositories of customer data. HTH Studios is aware of the incident,” they posted on their website. |
Sensitive data leaked online included email addresses, physical addresses, names and order histories. In a statement, HTH Studios said that “both our internal security and web team security assures us that no financial data [was] compromised” and that “security, developers, legal council (sic) and law enforcement” have been contacted. HTH Studios added that the gamemaker overhauled their programs in October, and are now “using a much more advanced and stable security system.” | Sensitive data leaked online included email addresses, physical addresses, names and order histories. In a statement, HTH Studios said that “both our internal security and web team security assures us that no financial data [was] compromised” and that “security, developers, legal council (sic) and law enforcement” have been contacted. HTH Studios added that the gamemaker overhauled their programs in October, and are now “using a much more advanced and stable security system.” |
The data breach is the latest of attacks on adult websites. In October, eight porn sites and more than 1.2 million email addresses were compromised after hackers broke in. | The data breach is the latest of attacks on adult websites. In October, eight porn sites and more than 1.2 million email addresses were compromised after hackers broke in. |
One of the websites hacked in October, known as ‘Wife Lovers’, harks back to what could be considered the most well-known adult-website breach in internet history - the 2015 Ashley Madison hacking scandal. | One of the websites hacked in October, known as ‘Wife Lovers’, harks back to what could be considered the most well-known adult-website breach in internet history - the 2015 Ashley Madison hacking scandal. |
The Ashley Madison website, which targeted people who were hoping to cheat on their spouses or partners, saw 25GB of company data leaked including the personal details of its users. | The Ashley Madison website, which targeted people who were hoping to cheat on their spouses or partners, saw 25GB of company data leaked including the personal details of its users. |
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