Neopets

Uh oh! Hackers just announced they’re going to leak the names of everyone with a still-active Neopets account

A team of experienced Internet activists are claiming they’ve hacked the servers of Neopets.com, and will soon be releasing confidential records of every person registered to the site. “Neopets’ child-centric agenda and the features they keep behind a paywall are the perfect sickening example of modern capitalism,” said a video uploaded to YouTube last week, which announced the biggest data breach in Neopets’ history. “We will tolerate this system of oppression no longer.” The virtual pet website, which has seen its popularity ebb and flow over the years, is known primarily as a games site for children and teenagers, but…

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