From Baka-Updates.com:

MangaUpdates was not hacked. Baka-Updates, our sister site, was hacked. [color=red]However, if you use the same password on BU as on MU, you should read this:[/color]

*I have some sad news to tell everyone. Today the Baka-Updates site was hacked by some guy who calls himself YaQJoo. He was able to get the full list of names along with passwords and email addresses. For your safety, please change your passwords on the website and your email account IF YOU USE THE SAME PASSWORD.

In the meantime, we are working on securing the site to make sure this does not happen again. Several pages and site functions will be unavailable for the time being*

Also:
If you got an email from the hacker, it is safe to open, as far as we have found. It only contains a message of gloats...Basically, he hijacked the forum and made himself an admin, enabling him to use the BU admin mass email system.

[color=red]Edit:[/color]
Due to recent events, we decided to upgrade password security over at MU. However, we apparently forgot to edit the password scheme for the confirmation of the old password, which isn't compatible with the new one...Which means that you can't change your passwords for MU! >_>
Manick's asleep right now, so you guys have to wait half a day or so

[color=red]Edit 2:[/color]
The confirmation has been fixed, you should be able to change your passwords now.

News post heavily hijacked by lambchopsil

thanks for the quick reaction to the incident

although i can't even fathom why anyone would want to hack a DATABASE site instead of directly attacking a fan-subbing website (not that i want them to)

The Deviant

well if he decided to attack fansubbing by attacking those that support it....

I got an email from that guy. I didn't open it cuz I heard there was an email going around with some virus that didn't have a patch yet so I figured that's what it was. Did anybody else get the email and open it?

Cogito Ergo Sum (I think, therefore I am)

well, as it said, the databased that was hacked included usernames, password, and most importantly emails. not everyone changes their password for every different thing they register to. this means a huge security issue for everyone on that database

"Rule No. 1 is, don't sweat the small stuff. Rule No. 2 is, it's all small stuff." - Robert Eliot, Writer

"Oh boy, here we go...again." - Israfel

I'm getting too old....

lol, I heard that you cant change the passwords on mangaupdates.com because it says your pw doesn't match with the system entry although it's exactly the same password. did anybody mess up this database as well?

I tried to change my password but it was changed from the original.

I edited the news post to include information about this

A just ruler amongst tyrants

Good thing I changed the password for MU right away when I saw the news. Another good thing is I have a different password for my email. I rarely ever used my email's pw for other site's pw. I tend to have different random pw for sites I register. I can't never remember them all but I'm too paranoid to put the same pw for every sites I register. So I to have to write all the pw down in a list so I can check.

Good luck with securing the sites. Hope nothing serious happens.

I seriously hope the passwords were at least hashed, pref with some delicious salt...

really would like to know though... _

I dont think you can get a virus just for opening an email. In order for that to happen, I believe you must open the file attached to the email. what you read is probably not an exe file. and yes, i saw the email, no harm.

LOL
so our password is not encrypted? ^^;;
I was wondering why you guys suddenly disappeared.this morning. I thought it was some kind of sudden maintenance....

Thanks for the heads up. I was a bit worried after seeing the post in BU.

The same reason idiots hack anything. To mess with people and make themselves feel like less of a loser. Same with people who make viruses, I mean, WTF, right? The whole point of hacking games and sites is to ruin the fun for everyone else cause their life sux.

Some people really have no other worries in life...

Thanks for the fast news and reaction.

Sorry, I'm Late.
But I Got Lost On The Road Of Life.