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Thousands of Adult Website Accounts Compromised
Keith writes "Tens of thousands — or maybe more — accounts to adult websites were recently declared compromised and apparently have been that way since some time in October 2007. The break occurred when the NATS software used to track and manage sales and affiliate revenues was accessed by an intruder. The miscreant apparently discovered a list of admin passwords residing on an unsecured office server at Too Much Media, which makes and maintains NATS installations for adult companies. It would appear that Too Much Media knew of the breach back in October, and rather than fixing the issue tried to bury it by threatening to sue anyone in the adult industry who talked about it." The article gives suggestions for anyone who opened an account at any adult website in the last several months.
I have a small Notice of Retraction that I am legally obligated to publish here: Official statement from Keith/ICWT: "Finally, it has been brought to my attention that NATS does not enjoy 80% to 95% market penetration as was originally reported here. Instead, that number is more like 35% to 40% of all porn sites online today, according to an industry source who requested that I not name him. I am very sorry for implying that Too Much Media was more successful than it really is. ICWT and I both regret the error."