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WildWorks (Animal Jam)

14 Nov 2020 · National · Education
Data Breach HIGH ✓ Verified

What happened

The children's virtual world platform suffered a core database compromise by the "ShinyHunters" syndicate. The leaked data contained millions of unencrypted email addresses of parents, usernames, and salted password hashes, including many thousands of Australian family records.

Incident details

Organisation
WildWorks (Animal Jam)
Date
14 Nov 2020
Attack type
Data Breach
Severity
HIGH
Sector
Education
State
National
Records affected
46000000
Threat actor
ShinyHunters

Source

au.finance.yahoo.com ↗
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