Security breach hits online world

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Many people try extreme sports in Second Life
Every player of Second Life has been asked to change the password they use to enter the popular online world.
The alert follows a security breach in which a malicious hacker broke into a database holding information about Second Life's 650,000 users.

This held names, addresses, passwords and encrypted credit card information.

Linden Lab, the creators of Second Life, said a second database holding unencrypted credit card data was not compromised.


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