The database for sanriotown.com -- the online interactive community for the popular Hello Kitty brand -- has been discovered online, potentially compromising 3.3 million user accounts. Internet ...

(Reuters) - Sanrio, the Japanese owner of the Hello Kitty brand, on Monday said it was investigating a report that its database was hacked and private information on 3.3 million users was exposed. The ...

Hello Kitty (front row, 2nd L) dances with other Sanrio characters during an event to celebrate her 40th birthday at Sanrio Puroland theme park in Tokyo November 1, 2014. REUTERS/Yuya Shino (Reuters) ...

Sanrio, the Tokyo-based owner of the Hello Kitty brand, may be Japan's global purveyor of kitschy cuteness. But the leak of 3.3 million of their website's registered users' data isn't so endearing.