GLENDALE, Calif., July 30, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- On
July 12, 2016, unauthorized activity
was detected on the playdomforums.com website, resulting in an
immediate forensic investigation of the incident by Disney Consumer
Products and Interactive Media (DCPI). The investigation found that
an unauthorized party obtained usernames, passwords and email
addresses for approximately 391,000 playdomforums.com accounts. The
unauthorized party also obtained the Internet Protocol (IP) address
collected during user registration on playdomforums.com. The
Playdom Forum website does not collect credit card numbers or other
sensitive personal information, such as Social Security
numbers.
No other DCPI websites, apps, or subscribers have been affected
in any way, and this incident did not involve financial data of any
kind.
DCPI has shut down the playdomforums.com website and invalidated
all user passwords for the affected accounts. New forums have been
launched with enhanced security measures. DCPI is issuing this
notice as part of the process to inform all impacted users and has
reported the incident to law enforcement.
For more information, please
visit http://help.disney.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/Playdom-Notice.
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SOURCE Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media