A dataset from JumpStart’s online game Neopets was posted online, with Motherboard reporting that the number of customers affected allegedly numbered more than 70 million. The information compromised varied from customer to customer, but no credit card or home addresses were breached, said JumpStart’s Jim Czulewicz. While the dataset appeared to be dated before JumpStart acquired Neopets in 2014, the company planned to alert customers regardless. Independent.ie reports that out of the recent global breach of more than 272.3 million email accounts, an estimated 42,000 accounts are Irish. Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal reports that while the amount of data breaches increase, companies’ rate of detection flounders. (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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