Hello kitty330万客户资料面临泄露风险
A database for Sanrio, the Japanese owner of the Hello Kitty brand, was breached, putting 3.3 million of its users' data at risk, according to security website CSOonline.com's report.
网络安全信息网站CSOOnline.com的一份报告显示，日本三丽鸥公司（Sanrio）某数据库遭遇攻击，导致Hello Kitty330万客户资料面临风险。
The leaked data includes information such as users' full names, email addresses and encrypted passwords, the website reported, citing security researcher Chris Vickery.
The information exposed in the breach includes the first and last names, birth dates, genders, countries of origin, and email addresses for 3.3 million accounts.
It is not clear if the exposed data contained any financial information.
The passwords are 'lightly-protected' along with forgotten password questions and answers.
The passwords themselves are "hashed", a form of protection which renders it technically impossible to retrieve the original password.
However, the hashing technique used by SanrioTown leaves it easy for an attacker to uncover a significant proportion of the obscured passwords.
Sanrio, the owner of the brand, has not publicly responded to the allegations of an account leak.