Bioware next to suffer hacking incident

[Dark Drakan]

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Had an email from Aaryn Flynn who is Studio GM at BioWare Edmonton and it said the following:​

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We recently learned that hackers gained unauthorized access to the decade-old BioWare server system supporting the Neverwinter Nights forums. We immediately took appropriate steps to protect our consumers’ data and launched a thorough ongoing evaluation of the breach. We have determined that no credit card data was compromised from the servers, nor did we ever have or store sensitive data like social security numbers. Our investigation shows that information such as user names, encrypted passwords, email addresses, mailing addresses, names, phone numbers, CD keys and birth dates from these forum accounts on the system may have been compromised, as well as other information (if any) that you may have associated with your EA Account. In an abundance of caution, we have changed your password to ensure account security.​

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We take the security of your information very seriously and regret any inconvenience this may have caused you. If your username, email address and/or password on your EA account are similar to those you use on other sites, we recommend changing the password at those sites as well. We advise all of our fans to always be aware of any suspicious emails or account activity and report any suspicious emails and account activity to Customer Support at 1-877-357-6007.
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[Gikoku]

Lulzsec again I'm guessing? I understand that they're actually a harmless bunch who only do it to humiliate companies for their poorly built security, but eventually they're going to get caught and when the authorities catch them they're not going to be getting a slap on the wrists (regardless of their harmless intentions).. they should really give it a rest while they still have a chance before they seriously **** up down the road.

 

[Dark Drakan]

Lulzsec again I'm guessing? I understand that they're actually a harmless bunch who only do it to humiliate companies for their poorly built security, but eventually they're going to get caught and when the authorities catch them they're not going to be getting a slap on the wrists (regardless of their harmless intentions).. they should really give it a rest while they still have a chance before they seriously f*** up down the road.

Well one member was arrested in the UK but Lulzsec claim not one of them and is merely a former member of Anonymous who went rogue.

Supposed member of Lulzsec arrested in the UK

LulzSec: Hacker suspect Ryan Cleary 'isn't one of us'

 

[cheezMcNASTY]

I wonder if this makes Sony feel like less of a man?
You know, what with no card information being compromised and the company being up front and professional to their customers right away.

 

[Dark Drakan]

I wonder if this makes Sony feel like less of a man?
You know, what with no card information being compromised and the company being up front and professional to their customers right away.

Maybe even more so after Square Enix, EA and Codemasters were hacked too.