The compromised data is related to the period before those measures were implemented. We have also reported the incident to law enforcement authorities and are cooperating to investigate and pursue this criminal act.Īs part of the major site re-launch in the summer of 2013, Myspace took significant steps to strengthen account security.

Myspace is also using automated tools to attempt to identify and block any suspicious activity that might occur on Myspace accounts.

These users returning to Myspace will be prompted to authenticate their account and to reset their password by following instructions at In order to protect our users, we have invalidated all user passwords for the affected accounts created prior to Jon the old Myspace platform. No user financial information was therefore involved in this incident the only information exposed was users’ email address and Myspace username and password. As you know, Myspace does not collect, use or store any credit card information or user financial information of any kind. What Information Was Involved?Įmail addresses, Myspace usernames, and Myspace passwords for the affected Myspace accounts created prior to Jon the old Myspace platform are at risk. This is an ongoing investigation, and we will share more information as it becomes available. We believe the data breach is attributed to Russian Cyberhacker ‘Peace.’ This same individual is responsible for other recent criminal attacks such as those on LinkedIn and Tumblr, and has claimed on the paid hacker search engine LeakedSource that the data is from a past breach. The data stolen included user login data from a portion of accounts that were created prior to Jon the old Myspace platform. Shortly before the Memorial Day weekend (late May 2016), we became aware that stolen Myspace user login data was being made available in an online hacker forum. We would like to make sure you have the facts about what happened, what information was involved and the steps we are taking to protect your information. You may have heard reports recently about a security incident involving Myspace.

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