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Until recently, a hacker could have gotten into your old Myspace account with just three easy-to-find things about you (TIME)

A cybersecurity blogger discovered that she could gain control of a MySpace account fairly easily.

You may not have thought much about your Myspace page in a long time, but you might want to give it some thought now.

try and fill out as many of the fields as you can." After testing it a bit, she discovered

It's unclear whether any Myspace accounts were compromised due to the vulnerability.

In an emailed statement, the company said that because of the recent concerns, it added an additional verification step for customers seeking to reactivate their accounts. Myspace plans to continue refining the process over time, the company said.

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Although it's largely an after-thought in the social networking world these days, Myspace still gets 50 million visits every month according to the Verge. In 2016 media giant Time purchased the social networking company for an undisclosed sum. Then Chairman and CEO of Time, Joe Ripp called the purchase “game changing.”

Viant, a digital advertising platform, is the parent company of Myspace, and Time was likely looking to get in on Viant’s user data for ad targeting purposes.

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