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"DrawQuest, the iPad app that lets\u00A0users channel their creativity through drawing, has been\u00A0living on its last legs since early this year and now it has closed down with immediate effect after suffering a security breach.\r\n\r\nFounder Chris Poole, who also started 4Chan, first\u00A0announced the closure of DrawQuest in January\u00A0but\u00A0there was later optimism that it would be able to continue running for users\u00A0for &amp;quot;as long as possible,&amp;quot; despite its team all moving to new work. A\u00A0hack on its Amazon-hosted servers has proved to be the final nail in its coffin, however.\r\n\r\nA blog post explains that it is unclear exactly what information was accessed by the hacker, but since its database may have been compromised, the\u00A0service is closing down to be sure.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;With no full-time employees on staff to repair our infrastructure and ensure its integrity, we feel the only responsible path forward is to notify our users of the breach, and retire the service in order to prevent future breaches,&amp;quot; the\u00A0post reads.\r\n\r\nUsers are advised to change their email passwords and passwords for any services that were connected to DrawQuest to be safe. Poole and others are\u00A0working to create\u00A0an archive that will let users export their drawings, but it's unclear when that will be available due to the lack of staff.\r\n\r\nIt's certainly a sad way for DrawQuest to bow out since the service had been successful in many ways. Poole previously revealed that it had racked up more than 1.4 million downloads, and had 25,000 daily active users and 400,000 monthly active users -- yet the\u00A0team was\u00A0unable to monetize it effectively.\r\n\r\nImage via\u00A0STEVEN CHIANG / Shutterstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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