Database containing details of nearly half a million gamers exposed in security lapse

Wizards of the Coast -- publisher of, among other titles, Magic: The Gathering -- has confirmed a security incident that exposed information relating to 452,634 players. The company left a backup database containing gamer information in a public Amazon Web Services storage bucket where it was accessible from early September. Specifically, the database was used to house data relating to the game's online portal, Magic: The Gathering Arena. See also: Trend Micro reveals that customer data was illegally sold following inside-job 'security incident' Hackers breach security at Web.com, Network Solutions and Register.com, accessing private customer info Firefox users are being… [Continue Reading]