Hacker Releases Personal Details of 'Sun's Web Users

According to the Guardian, News International emailed thousands of people last night to warn them that a hacker had stolen the personal details of individuals who entered polls and competitions on the Sun’s website, and the hacker is now publicly posting that information on the site Pastebin.

Chris Duncan, the director of customer data for News International, told the website’s users that “some customer information from competitions and polls was breached” in the July 19 hacking attack in which fake news of Rupert Murdoch’s death was posted to the Sun’s site.

Duncan said that “no financial or password information was compromised” in the attack, but the hacker did gain access to names, addresses, phone numbers, emails, and dates of birth from users’ accounts.