security
Xbox

FIFA-Loving Hackers Strike Xbox Live Accounts

Xbox Live users should keep an eye on their accounts, and any credit card associated with that account, and especially take notice of any strange activity involving FIFA 11 or 12. Several users have complained, through multiple gaming publications, of hackers recovering their accounts to a different machine and using them for purchases associated with the soccer game.

September 16, 2011
PC

Has Your World Of Warcraft Account Been Hacked? Watch This

Having your World of Warcraft account compromised is a terrible thing which, upon discovery, might seem like the end of the world. Do not despair. Instead, press play and let the soothing British narrators of Blizzard customer service lull you gently to sleep.

June 18, 2011
In Real Life

The LulzSec Manifesto: More Sec Than Lulz

In honour of its thousandth tweet—and on the heels of compromising the websites of the CIA, US Senate, Sony, and more—the crew of the good ship LulzSec has presented the world with a manifesto, of sorts. So who is LulzSec? And is it they want?

News

Sega Hacked, Says Payment Info Not Compromised

Sega joins Bethesda, Codemasters and Sony among the gaming companies to suffer a hack. The personal info of users of its Sega Pass online service users was compromised, but payment data was not.

June 12, 2011
Nintendo

Phishing Threat Closes European Club Nintendo

Nintendo today sent a message to members of its European website saying that a potential phishing threat prompted the company to close down portions of the site, including Club Nintendo

June 7, 2011
PlayStation

Hacker Group Says It’s Snagged Sony Computer Entertainment’s Developer Code

The hacker collective Lulz Security isn’t taking a break from its attacks on Sony simply because it’s E3. This morning, via Twitter, Lulzsec bragged that it had compiled Sony Computer Entertainment’s Developer Network source code. Earlier in the week Lulzsec went after Sony BMG and Sony Pictures, and broke into Nintendo USA’s website.

May 27, 2011
News

Latest Hacker Target: Codemasters

Four days before the North American street date for DiRT 3, password and login data for Codemasters’ website was posted online, the developer said, making it the latest name in games to suffer an online attack.

May 13, 2011
PlayStation

Ubisoft Expects Minimal Impact From PlayStation Network Downtime

While the PlayStation Network security breach and subsequent downtime has had significant impact on many PlayStation 3 publishers, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot says he expects his company’s cost to be minimal.

May 5, 2011
PlayStation

Report: New York State Subpoenas Sony Over Breach

The New York Attorney General subpoenaed Sony over the data breach of its Playstation and Sony Online Entertainment networks, Bloomberg reports.

PlayStation

Anonymous Fears Nerd Backlash From PlayStation Hack

The Sony hackers who perpetrated one of the biggest data breaches in history left a calling card on Sony’s servers: a file called “Anonymous,” containing the notorious hacking group’s tag line. This is bad news for Anonymous, whose members largely want nothing to do with the hack.

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