I just read an email message from
deviantART, stamped 13 December 2010, 06:52pm. It states that spammers copied email addresses of deviantART members, and may have also copied usernames and birth dates, but nothing more. Below is an exact copy of the statement in the email:
Silverpop Systems, Inc., a leading marketing company that sends email messages for its clients, told us that information was taken from its servers. This was probably part of a sweep by spammers. As a result, email addresses belonging to deviantART members were copied. Corresponding usernames and birth date may also have been removed.
We can assure you that nothing occurred on our systems with respect to this incident and no access was gained to private information on deviantART’s servers.
As a member of deviantART, you certainly have a right to know when an incident of this kind occurs. Unfortunately spammers are an unavoidable part of living on the Web.
The likely result of this event might be an increase in spam to your email. Experts have told us that there is an increase in email scams out there on the Internet and you should be cautious. Only click links or download attachments from people you know, particularly if they ask for personal information, and be sure that your email service provider has adequate spam filters.
Because we value the information that members give us, we have decided not to rely on the services of Silverpop in the future and their servers will no longer hold any data from us.
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