Time Believes Russian Hacker Behind Myspace User Account Data Breach

Login user data stolen from social networking site Myspace was made available in an online hacker forum, parent company Time said in a news release Tuesday. The company said the social networking site's technical security team found out about the breach "shortly before the Memorial Day weekend," but it didn't indicate how many users were affected. The breach was attributed to Russian cyberhacker "Peace," who has links to attacks on LinkedIn and Tumblr, a Myspace blog post said. Time said the stolen data "is limited to a portion of Myspace usernames, passwords and email addresses, from the old Myspace platform" before June 11, 2013, when it was relaunched with stronger account security measures. But Time said none of its other subscriber information or media assets were compromised. It said Myspace is now notifying all affected users, has invalidated their passwords, is monitoring for suspicious activity and is working with law enforcement officials on the investigation.