The Nightly Turbo: Phil Ivey Divorce Case Update, TwoPlusTwo Hacked, and More

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http://www.pokernews.com/news/2012/04/the-nightly-turbo-phil-ivey-divorce-case-twoplustwo-hacked-12535.htm

By Brett Collson
Poker News Global
April 26 2012

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TwoPlusTwo Forums Hacked

The TwoPlusTwo forums went offline on Thursday, and it had nothing to do 
with the flow of traffic resulting from the Full Tilt Poker developments 
this week. According to a statement posted on the website, TwoPlusTwo 
was the victim of a security breach that potentially compromised the 
personal information of its users:

    On April 26th at approximately 11:20 AM pacific time, the Two Plus
    Two Forums were closed as a result of a hacker who has displayed the
    ability to access e-mail addresses and encrypted passwords. He also
    indicated the ability to decrypt passwords.

    While it is unclear the extent of data to which he gained access,
    e-mail addresses and passwords on the Two Plus Two forums should be
    considered compromised. If you have used your 2+2 password on any
    other site, you are advised to change it.

    For your security we are closing the forums until the breach is
    patched.

    We hope to be back up as soon as possible.

TwoPlusTwo moderator Noah Stephens-Davidowitz (NoahSD) suggests that 
users assume the worst and change their passwords on all sites that have 
the same password as TwoPlusTwo.

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