Bethesda's confirmed that it's the latest in a long list of game publisher's to suffer from a hacking attack.
The company said in a statement that no financial information or credit card data was obtained during the attacks on its websites and forums, but that some users' names, email addresses and passwords may have been illegally obtained.
"We believe we have taken appropriate action to protect our data against these attacks. While no personal financial information or credit card data was obtained, the hackers may have gained access to some user names, email addresses, and/or passwords.
"As a precaution, we recommend that all our fans immediately change passwords on all our sites - including our community forums and the statistics site we maintain for Brink players.
"If your username/email address/password is similar to what you use on other sites, we recommend changing the password at those sites as well," it added.
"As we don't know what further plans the hackers may have, we suggest that you keep an eye out for suspicious emails and account activity.
"We regret any inconvenience that these attacks on us cause for you. These attacks will be evaluated to determine if there are any additional protections we might take that would be prudent."
Nintendo and Epic confirmed online security breaches over the weekend too.
The news comes after Codemasters' database was hacked last week. Sony and Square Enix have both also suffered at the hands of hackers this year.
Comments
16 comments so far...
TheLastDodo on 13 Jun '11 said:
*Sighs*
kreemi on 13 Jun '11 said:
It keeps happening because your making them famous.
just ignore them. its not gaming news anyway.
StokedUp on 13 Jun '11 said:
man this is getting boring, it has obviously always been a problem but because of the PSN hack all of a sudden its became a trend to report it as news everytime now! i cant wait till the hack news boom is over
almanac2015 on 13 Jun '11 said:
f**king hell have these hackers came out of hibernation or something? Hacking rampage for everything on the internet doesn't exactly do their image much good.
Unless you are a member of the Bethesda site and some details have been stolen.
The_Jaster on 13 Jun '11 said:
good point, it still annoying though.
kreemi on 13 Jun '11 said:
Touché
I just can't help but get the image of Anon as an attention seeking child, thats realised it gets attention when its naughty.
Eversince Neohots became a rockstar they all seem to want in.
gmcb007 on 13 Jun '11 said:
I'm suprised they didn't give up due to the amount of bugs and glitches.
frazzerr on 13 Jun '11 said:
its becoming a f*cking joke, why cant they crawl back under their rocks, that other article about anon is a joke as well. They say their representing us ? ha what a joke we all hate use !!!!!!!!!!!!!
project x on 13 Jun '11 said:
this is just getting stupid now
markyR on 13 Jun '11 said:
This is cool, we're up to 2 reports a day of hacking now!! Awesome!!!
You have to act like this now as nothing else can be said anymore... pure disbalief in peoples knobbiness I guess? But really, hackers aren't exactly learning are they? I mean lets take anonymus t**ts, they hack the Spanish police website for the police arrests of there members!!! LMFAO!!!
How pathetic can you get? You can't hide on the net, no matter what anyone thinks, it takes time but you can trace people and no matter what you do on the net, their is always real life that lets you down.....
Like I keep saying though, unless these hackers are made an example off then they will just run this planet. the authorities MUST stand up to them, no slapped wrists and 2 hours washing the high street pavements!!
markyR on 13 Jun '11 said:
Is it not at all possible that the hackers have suddenly grown in numbers and started to hack everything then? Does this possibility not enter your thoughts at all? I can't remember the last time ANYONE was hacked in the same way all these company's and governments are now being attacked.
PseudoDuck on 13 Jun '11 said:
I was expecting this. I recently started following LulzSec on Twitter and they started mentioning Bethesda and Brink yesterday. And note that this is LulzSec's doing, not Anonymous'. Yes, there's a distinction, let's not get into the whole "if anyone can join then surely they are all anonymous" debate. The article here doesn't seem to mention which "hacktivist" group is behind this, whereas they do in Destructoid's article on this.
I don't really see the point. A couple of recent tweets have indicated that they're going to disclose server admin information if they don't get more info on Skyrim or another fix for the problems in Brink...seriously.
Anonymous have actual reasons for their actions. LulzSec are apparently "doing it for the lulz" or as I see it, "because they're dicks."
Gaseous Snake on 13 Jun '11 said:
This is giving me a headache; I'm actually rubbing my temple intermittently whenever I see these stories now.
Could a few of these hackers please hack my laptop, track my IP address and come to my house at around 1:00 one day this week so I can give you a sincere kick to the balls? And while you're at it, I think there's something wrong with my laptop since it keeps freezing, so could you fix that while you're there? Cheers.
If they actually do that, I'll try and put it on the forums before the police arrive.
MD1500 on 13 Jun '11 said:
Lulzsec have released the data, but said they haven't compromised any user details as they like the company.
http://pastebin.com/i5M0LB58
Barca Azul on 13 Jun '11 said:
Welcome to cloud computing one and all!
Crossblade_2000 on 14 Jun '11 said:
Makes me wonder if Xbox Live will ever be targeted at some point? Granted Microsoft are a giant in the area of computer software and technical expertise, but maybe that could be the draw? It would be like the holy grail of hacking, to conquer the biggest, most secure and most popular gaming network in existence?
Personally though, I don't understand why anyone would risk the possibility of jail time just for the lolz.