Title is incorrect, a database belonging to a third party that contained some user information was compromised, part of the data belonged to Deviantart but the database did not.
Also, in case no one connected the dots, Silverpop Inc was the compromised party for both this and the McDonalds incident yesterday. They recently pushed password resets and new login procedures for their clients so presumably a lot more people got affected.
I think it's telling that Gawker's database was dumped for everyone to see, why these haven't been released. Just shows you how much some people hate Gawker.
The motivations look fairly different imho. Gawker's case was clearly motivated by emotions, and the Silverpop case appears to be the age old black market business showing its ugly head on mainstream news.
Fair point, I just took the link title from the article, but your right, it should read DeviantART data compromised.
From TFA: "email addresses, birth dates and usernames may have been leaked but passwords were not compromised"
So, identity theft only then.
'Tis the season to be compromised.
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Change your passwords or be sodomized.
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Really... no one else thought this was funny? In fact, it got down-voted?