Editing Myspace (section)

===2016–2019: Time Inc. and Meredith Corporation ownership===
[[File:Myspacelogo2013.svg|thumb|Current MySpace logo]]
On February 11, 2016, it was announced that Myspace and its parent company had been bought by [[Time Inc.]]<ref name="variety.com"/> On January 31, 2018, Time Inc. was in turn purchased by [[Meredith Corporation]],<ref name=":0" /> who went on to sell a number of Time Inc.'s assets, including (as it announced on November 4, 2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://s21.q4cdn.com/842953260/files/doc_news/Meredith-Corporation-Sells-Equity-Stake-In-Viant-Technology-Holding-Inc-2019.pdf|title=Meredith Corporation Sells Equity Stake In Viant Technology Holding Inc|date=Nov 4, 2019|access-date=Jan 12, 2021|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114131257/https://s21.q4cdn.com/842953260/files/doc_news/Meredith-Corporation-Sells-Equity-Stake-In-Viant-Technology-Holding-Inc-2019.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> selling its equity in [[Viant Technology|Viant]], the parent company of Specific Media, back to Viant Technology Holding Inc.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/52736-05|title=Specific Media UK|access-date=Jan 12, 2021|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114033741/https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/52736-05|url-status=live}}</ref>

In May 2016, the data for almost 360 million Myspace accounts was offered on [[TheRealDeal]] dark market website, which included email addresses, usernames, and weakly encrypted passwords ([[SHA1]] hashes of the first 10 characters of the password converted to lowercase and stored without a cryptographic [[Salt (cryptography)|salt]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://haveibeenpwned.com/|title=Have I been pwned? Check if your email has been compromised in a data breach|access-date=October 24, 2020|archive-date=December 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213050404/https://haveibeenpwned.com/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/427-million-myspace-passwords-emails-data-breach/|title=Hacker Tries To Sell 427 Million {{sic|hide=y|reason=typo in source, so it should not be "fixed"}} Stolen MySpace Passwords For $2,800 - Motherboard|date=May 27, 2016 |access-date=November 24, 2016|archive-date=November 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123124901/http://motherboard.vice.com/read/427-million-myspace-passwords-emails-data-breach|url-status=live}}</ref> The exact [[data breach]] date is unknown, but analysis of the data suggests it was exposed around eight years before being made public, around mid-2008 to early 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.troyhunt.com/dating-the-ginormous-myspace-breach/|title=Dating the ginormous MySpace breach|date=May 31, 2016|access-date=November 24, 2016|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108175515/https://www.troyhunt.com/dating-the-ginormous-myspace-breach/|url-status=live}}</ref>