Nowadays, it's not enough to just load up an establishment with security guards and buy the most heavy-duty locks as robbers can still get the most valuable things from companies and public figures. This is because today's most valuable things are in fact, intangible, and this is what makes it more vulnerable to the greedy eyes. Hackers, for example, are some of the examples of people who take advantage of technology to get data which cost more than a million dollar.

Just like what happened with E-Sports Entertainment Association which account was stolen before the new year enters. There were about 1.5 million personal accounts that were published online after the company declined the cyber-ransom that the hackers were asking.

Dating back to Dec. 27, ESEA was updating its community and urges its users to change their passwords and security questions. However, the gathered information were revealed online allegedly since the brand has refused to give into the $100, 000 demand, according to Polygon.

Afterward, the breach notification service LeakedSource declared an additional of 1.5 million records to ESEA's database. ESEA says in an FAQ that the harmed information from the accounts contains the user's usernames, private messages, emails, mobile phone numbers used for SMS messaging, IPs, hashed passwords, forum posts, and hashed secret question answers.

After the incident, the FBI has been informed and is working its way to find out everything about it. Meanwhile, they advised their users to "be cautious of any unsolicited communications that ask you for personal information or refer you to a website asking for personal information."

The published details of the breach could be used to produce persuasive phishing attacks. Phishing, for the benefit of the doubt, is the term used for such fraudulent practice of sending emails to individuals, making them believe that the sender is from a reputable company, to gather personal information like credit card details and passwords.