Passwords associated with those user accounts, but in encrypted form.Approximately 32 million player usernames associated with these parent accounts.Email addresses used to create approximately 7 million Animal Jam and Animal Jam Classic parent accounts.Last week the Animal Jam team became aware that stolen data had been posted on an underground hacking forum.Īccording to WildWorks, the database circulated by the hackers contains approximately 46 million Animal Jam records, made up as follows: WildWorks, the developer of Animal Jam, has confirmed that early last month a hacker broke into its systems and stole 46 million Animal Jam records.Īccording to the alert posted on the Animal Jam website, the database containing the records was stolen following an attack that saw a hacker break into a third-party communications tool used by WildWorks employees, and steal an access key. With more than 300 million registered players, Animal Jam is a wildly popular online game which sees kids adopt their favourite animal guises and explore a brightly-coloured world.Īnimal Jam likes to present itself as “safe and fun,” but this week we have learnt that that doesn’t mean it can’t ever suffer a security breach. Wildly-popular online game impresses with its response to data breachĭon’t worry if you haven’t heard of Animal Jam.It’s not a game that’s aimed at you – it’s target audience are kids between 7-12 years old.Hackers circulate database containing millions of players’ details.