Jan 3rd, 11:04pm CT
Removing the original post I made to replace it with this updated information. I'll be sending out another announcement with this change.
Firstly, if you have any passwords which are similar to your Town of Salem password, change them immediately. Make the passwords long and complicated with numbers, capital letters, and special characters if you can.
At some point in December, the hackers swiped information. This includes emails, ip addresses, names, and some personal addresses of people who have used real money to pay.
This information came to light on January 1st. People posted on the subreddit about it. Here was the main thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/TownofSalemgame/comments/abqoew/theres_been_a_blank_media_games_data_breach_you/
DeHashed sent out an article on this:
https://blog.dehashed.com/town-of-salem-blankmediagames-hacked/
BlankMediaGames (BMG) has been sending out emails to players and BMG is going to improve their security and all that. Obviously, this doesn't undo the damage done, but do know that they're trying.
January 3rd, around 7 or 8pm CT.
A hacker broke into the co-founder of BlankMediaGames' Reddit account. The hacker posted a sample of personal information. The post was removed.
The hacker then posted on another account to state the same things, but without the personal information leak they had done previously. If you wish to read this thread.... here it is.
https://www.reddit.com/r/TownofSalemgame/comments/acdnsc/data_breach_what_actually_happened_edited/?sort=new
That's the gist of it. So please tell anyone you know who has an account to change any similar passwords they have.