A hacker group claimed to release a document containing 13,000 passwords, usernames, credit card numbers and expiration dates — all just for fun.
The supposedly stolen personal information was contained in a massive text file posted Friday to the document sharing site Ghostbin.
The hackers claimed the user data was stolen from popular online shopping sites such as Walmart and Amazon as well as a number of pornography and dating sites.
Registration codes and numbers for computer games like The Sims 3 and Dragon Age: Origins were also apparently included in the material.
The document was taken down by Saturday afternoon and some Reddit users claimed the information was from an older breach.
An Amazon spokesman denied the company had been the target of a hack.
The perpetrators, claiming affiliation with the loose hacker collective Anonymous, said on Twitter they carried out the attack and “did it for the Lulz” — Internet slang for laughs.
Microsoft’s Xbox gaming console and online game site Twitch.tv were among the main targets of the hack, according to Dailydot.com.
The attack followed a series of high-profile hacks in recent weeks by a variety of groups — including outages to Xbox Live and Sony PlaysStation on Christmas Day carried out by a group using the moniker the Lizard Squad.
The Christmas service disruption did not include the release of any user information.
Instead, the hacking involved overloading Sony and Microsoft servers to disrupt users from accessing online video game play.
Xbox servers were back by Friday while Sony struggled Saturday for a third day to restore full usage for gamers.
Sony briefly restored service for PS3 and PS Vita consoles, but users with a PS4 were still out of luck.
With News Wire Services
