PlayStation Twitter Hacked, PSN Database Possibly Compromised
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The official PlayStation twitter account is most certainly in the hands of a third party but the rest we'll have to wait and see.
READ MORE >Blizzard Asks For $8.5 Million in Motion Against Hack-Maker Bossland
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Blizzard seeks $8.5 million against cheat and hack distributor Bossland citing DMCA breach.
READ MORE >"Whoa it's an actual sueable entity not some random guy online"
see all 2 commentsNintendo Switch Hacked Through Browser Webkit Exploit
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The exploit may pave the road to hacking Nintendo Switch root access.
READ MORE >"Oh noes not the Nintendo switch! I'm still tossing up if I should get one, I really shouldn't ..."
see all 8 commentsNES Classic Gets Cracked and New Titles Added
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Russian hackers crack the NES Classic Edition's security to add new games and homebrew titles.
READ MORE >"How are they even connecting to it? Are they adding a USB port or something? "
see all 14 commentsLeague of Legends hacked, 120,000 transaction records accessed
Riot's League of Legends is the latest to suffer at the hands of hackers, with 120,000 transaction records from 2011 accessed.
READ MORE >"Looks like its only North America according to that statement, so other areas should be okay? ..."
see all 6 commentsCrytek sites hacked, user information possibly compromised
Crytek is the latest to suffer a hacker attack. Four sites have been affected and user information may have been compromised.
READ MORE >"I would like to see game server hacking offences punishable by genital mutilation."
see all 2 commentsUbisoft hacked: logins compromised; payment details safe
If the Great Video Game Hacking Spree of Spring 2011 didn't convince you to start using different passwords for every account, oh dear: time to change everything again. Ubisoft has confirmed that its account database was hacked, giving a miscreant access to user names, e-mai...
READ MORE >Heroes of Newerth hacked
A naughty hacker has busted into the database of S2's Heroes of Newerth, gaining access to account login information. If you've played the DotA 'em up and use a password shared with any other online account, you'll want to get changing those passwords and, honestly, start us...
READ MORE >"well, since I only use the DB for keepass, good luck. Oh, and I have one BIGASS password to ..."
see all 16 commentsTera blocking whole continents to fight hacking and farming
Certain corners of the globe are maligned in MMORPGs as havens for hackers and gold farmers, and En Masse Entertainment not only agrees, it's taking action. The North American publisher of Tera plans to outright block great swathes of the world by IP.
READ MORE >"That's pretty ballsy, and I'll admit, and I'm now a little more interested in this game than I ..."
see all 13 commentsRift hacked, user information stolen
If you've played Rift, be aware that an account database of developer Trion Worlds has been hacked. The naughty hackers have made off with personal information including addresses and dates of birth, but Trion insists credit card details are safe.
READ MORE >"usually this allways happens through a backdoor in the forums for the company.... no company has ..."
see all 34 commentsSteam hack goes beyond forums, Valve reveals
A letter from Valve boss Gabe Newell has revealed that an investigation into the "intrusion" that "defaced" the Steam forums on Sunday, November 6, was worse than the company originally believed.
READ MORE >"since i re-installed SC so much, i just use that as my password"
see all 61 commentsBethesda warns of another hack attempt
Bethesda's forums may have been hacked, the develop-o-publisher has warned. Users are advised to change the password of any online account which shared their forum password.
READ MORE >"$5 says it was someone claiming to be mad at the whole Scrolls thing but actually doesn't give a ..."
see all 4 commentsQuakeCon old forums hacked; id retrospective panel announced
There's good QuakeCon news, and there's bad QuakeCon news. First, the bad: the old QCon forums have been hacked and passwords compromised. But the good: QuakeCon 2011 will gather venerated id veterans to tell stories in a '20 Years of id Software' panel.
READ MORE >Battlefield Heroes hacked in LulzSec swansong
The free-to-play Battlefield Heroes was briefly taken offline after LulzSec released user data from the beta version. With this final datablast, the hacker group has disbanded.
READ MORE >"Either way it will be nice to have a break from the constant barrage of lulzsec reports lately"
see all 8 commentsBioWare hacked, EA information compromised
And the hacks continue. BioWare is informing users that hackers have "gained unauthorized access" and may have your personal information.
READ MORE >"Got my email late last night. You'd think companies like Sony and EA would take online security ..."
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"I've seen more than a couple of emails to my company's finance team impersonating the ceo asking ..."
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