JimboUK Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 The personal details of thousands of people have been stolen after hackers targeted British games developer Codemasters. The firm described the data theft as "significant" saying names, addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth were all taken on 3 June......... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13731822 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ub3rman123 Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 This is really getting out of hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReverendTholomewPlague Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 This. Is. Becoming. Ridiculous. Seriously, who is actually doing this ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboUK Posted June 10, 2011 Author Share Posted June 10, 2011 What annoyed me the most was they took seven days to tell us, a lot could happen in the seven days. :verymad: This is the Email I got... Important information regarding your account Dear valued Codemasters customer, On Friday 3rd June, unauthorised entry was gained to our Codemasters.com website. As soon as the intrusion was detected, we immediately took codemasters.com and associated web services offline in order to prevent any further intrusion. During the days since the attack we have conducted a thorough investigation in order to ascertain the extent and scope of the breach and have regrettably discovered that the intruder was able to gain access to the following: Codemasters.com website Access to the Codemasters corporate website and sub-domains. DiRT 3 VIP code redemption page Access to the DiRT 3 VIP code redemption page. The Codemasters EStore We believe the following have been compromised: Customer names and addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers, encrypted passwords and order history. Please note that no personal payment information was stored with Codemasters as we use external payment providers, meaning your payment details were not at risk from this intrusion. Codemasters CodeM database Members' names, usernames, screen names, email addresses, date of birth, encrypted passwords, newsletter preferences, any biographies entered by users, details of last site activity, IP addresses and Xbox Live Gamertags are all believed to have been compromised. Whilst we do not have confirmation that any of this data was actually downloaded onto an external device, we have to assume that, as access was gained, all of these details were compromised and/or stolen. The Codemasters.com website will remain offline for the foreseeable future with all Codemasters.com traffic re-directed to the Codemasters Facebook page instead. A new website will launch later in the year. Advice For your security, in the first instance we advise you to change any passwords you have associated with other Codemasters accounts. If you use the same login information for other sites, you should change that information too. Furthermore, be extra cautious of potential scams, via email, phone, or post that ask you for personal or sensitive information. Please note that Codemasters will never ask you for any payment data such as credit card numbers or bank account details, nor will Codemasters ask you for passwords or other personal identifying data. Be aware too of fraudulent emails that may outwardly appear to be from Codemasters with links inviting you to visit websites. The safest way to visit your favourite websites is always by typing in the address manually into the address bar of your browser. Unfortunately, Codemasters is the latest victim in on-going targeted attacks against numerous game companies. We assure you that we are doing everything within our legal means to track down the perpetrators and take action to the full extent of the law. We apologise for this incident and regret any inconvenience caused. We are contacting all customers who may have been affected directly. Should you have any concerns or wish to speak to a member of our Customer Services team, please email them at [email protected]. It tells you to change your password but the password change page takes you to their Facebook page. :facepalm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brokenergy Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 It's not just Codemasters, Epic got hacked too. http://au.pc.ign.com/articles/117/1175351p1.html I'm sick of hacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hector530 Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 if its any good news they think they got the sony hackers http://ps3.ign.com/articles/117/1175308p1.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vindekarr Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 All my Codemasters product is through XboxLive, does that mean this does not effect me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoba333 Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Yeah I got that same email. I haven't ever given Codemasters my credit card so I think I'm good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NighTragEl4d Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Too bad that i dont have any Codemasters game :P so i consider myself lucky :P,but this is f**** dissapointment of Codemasters....idk they need to watch on their property...because this sounds like unmatture of such good gaming company...but again everyone even greater companies can get hacked :S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ub3rman123 Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 BethSoft hacked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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