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 Posted: Fri, 10th Jun 2011 15:44 Post subject: Codemasters hacked, account info stolen |
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Just got this e-mail:
| Quote: | 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 custservice@codemasters.com. |
That Sony hack seriously created an avalanche. I guess a lot of people thought those larger companies were unhackable until they proved them wrong with Sony, and now everyone is giving it a shot.
EDIT: Perhaps world news is a better place for this topic now that I think about it?
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| Posted: Fri, 10th Jun 2011 16:06 Post subject: |
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got same too, cba to even check, dunno what i even have there..
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tonizito
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| Posted: Fri, 10th Jun 2011 16:07 Post subject: |
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Sucks for the users of course, but I couldn't care less about Turdmasters...
| boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote: | | i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then |
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Horrordee
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| Posted: Fri, 10th Jun 2011 17:14 Post subject: |
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FFS why the hell are the concentrating on edios and these guys? What did they do? Go after EA ffs!
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Sin317
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| Posted: Fri, 10th Jun 2011 17:33 Post subject: |
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and it only took them a week to send that email !
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| Posted: Fri, 10th Jun 2011 17:38 Post subject: |
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They could trace the guilty party if they know which keys are stolen, if there are thousands of keys then forget about it, they could still block all leaked keys though.
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| Posted: Fri, 10th Jun 2011 18:45 Post subject: |
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| Horrordee wrote: | | FFS why the hell are the concentrating on edios and these guys? What did they do? Go after EA ffs! |
Surely you mean Activision 
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"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
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"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY |
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| Posted: Fri, 10th Jun 2011 20:14 Post subject: |
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These hackers should be jailed, simple. This is past just "proving a point". This is stealing fucking data about people, and then probably selling them.
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| Posted: Fri, 10th Jun 2011 20:29 Post subject: |
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had an account there, but don't remember the login details. nor can I reset pw cause it goes to their facebook page
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