Codemasters Website Hacked

[Demon_Skeith]

Codemasters appears to be the latest video game company that's come under fire from hackers following an attack on Square Enix just over a week ago where several of the Final Fantasy creators' sites has information stolen, including around 25,000 email addresses.

According to a statement issued to GamesIndustry.biz by Codemasters, the actual attack took place on May 20 where a hacker (or several, it was not specified) attempted to "gain administrative access" to Codemasters.com. While Codemasters note that some staff names were taken, passwords to their accounts were encrypted:

On Friday 20th, there was an attempt to gain administrative access to the Codemasters.com website. This admin access may have allowed alterations to our company website.

We responded swiftly with a full investigation to isolate the issue, bringing down Codemasters.com for a few hours to ensure no access would be possible, and returned the website after a security hole was closed. While some staff admin names were obtained, passwords were all encrypted.

It's not known for certain whether or not these recent attacks are in any way linked.

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I hope every gaming site that hasn't been hacked yet is starting to increase their security.

 

[GracefulAssassin]

Why is everyone hacking now?

 

[Demon_Skeith]

Why is everyone hacking now?

because it's cool

 

[GracefulAssassin]

Derp.