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PSA: NetGalley Security Issue / Hack

Well, Merry Christmas Eve and I hope everyone that celebrates is in a swath of comfort, in the best way possible. Poor NetGalley.com, the method isn’t stated, but along with the fact that their homepage was defaced, they were hacked. Evidently they store passwords in clear text. Tsk, tsk. A security incident that involves you as a member, as you hopefully have seen in the email that was sent ( if you are, in fact a member ):

Change your passwords and if you used the same one for any other accounts, change those, too.

The random / elusive disco ball has sneaked in the back door. Don’t be fooled by the colorful one! Disco has no place, even for a colorful disco ball! 🙂

Guys and gals, until next time – may you find all the happiness that your life can fit in it’s happy spot – S.D. McKinley.

By S.D. McKinley

S.D. McKinley lives in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. He was born in the first half of the 1980's and grew up in Wisconsin as a young boy, then moved to Georgia when he turned exactly twelve years old. During teenage years, he raced dirt track go karts and played guitar. He discovered his current love for all kinds of art after his mid-life crisis at 25 years old. S.D. McKinley began writing books in 2017.

4 replies on “PSA: NetGalley Security Issue / Hack”

Bookstoogevolta is DANCING!!!!!!!

I got that same email. Now I have to see if netgalley was linked to anything else of mine online. I don’t think so, but it doesn’t hurt to be really careful…

Yep. Dance away, my friend for the night is young and I’m sure I’ll be plucking a couple of strings on my sitar before you get done dancing. 😝 🐻

I already got back in and the system at Netgalley is working just fine . . .

Spark the Camp 🔥: