![]() ![]() ![]() Independent security researcher Troy Hunt maintains a website that tracks thefts of user data to provide the public with the ability to determine if their data has been compromised by these crimes. The database compromised in this breach includes a subset of accounts created in Animal Jam and Animal Jam Classic over the past 10 years. At this time we have not seen it circulated anywhere else, but we are continuing to investigate. Security researchers discovered this information was uploaded to, a well-known online forum for cyber-criminals. ![]() WildWorks learned of the database theft today, November 11, 2020, when security researchers monitoring a public hacker forum saw the data posted there and alerted us. The database theft most likely occurred in the same October 10-12, 2020 time window. It was not apparent at the time that a database of account names was accessed as a result of the break-in, and all relevant systems were altered and secured against further intrusion. We believe our vendor’s server was compromised some time between October 10-12, 2020. All Animal Jam usernames are human moderated to ensure they do not include a child’s real name or other personally identifying information. Billing name and billing address were included in 0.02% of the stolen records otherwise no billing information was stolen, nor information that could potentially identify parents of players. No real names of children were part of this breach. We believe the information stolen was confined to the items listed above. We’ll update this FAQ with any new information on the data stolen as our investigation progresses. 16,131 of the parent accounts include a parent’s first and last name, without a billing address.12,653 of the parent accounts include a parent’s full name and billing address (but no other billing info).5.7M accounts include the full birthday the player entered at account registration.23.9M records include the gender the player entered at account creation.14.8M records include the birth year the player entered at account creation.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.The information in these records includes the following: The database circulated by the hackers consists of approximately 46M Animal Jam account records. A subset of the stolen records include the email addresses of the parents managing the player accounts and other data that could be used to identify the parents of Animal Jam players. Truly a sincerest thank you to everyone who watched my stuff as kids and to those who come around every once and a while to DM me ❤️ AND MY FRIENDS, very glad for the relationships I’ve kept with me from Animal Jam :,) I don’t know exactly what my future plans are, maybe something in government, public health, we’ll see.WildWorks has learned that a database containing some Animal Jam user data was stolen in connection with a recent attack on the server of a vendor WildWorks uses for intra-company communication. All of you in the AJ community were like the highlight of my life in high school, and I look back at my time on YouTube with a lot of nostalgia. My time on YouTube really meant so much to me, it’s become a part of my identity that I’m really proud of and equally grateful for. I’m still that same wolffeycat/animaljammer330/lauren/how ever you knew me, just 20 and hopefully a lil wiser (the AJ community left me with many lessons learned lmao). My life has changed a lot since my Animal Jam days, but also in many ways not LOL. Hi! This is Lauren from Animaljammer330 (formerly lol), I’ve been studying over at UCLA, majoring in Political Science and have absolutely loved it here. ![]()
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