Hackers Gained WAR Z users Password and email address! - Games

What the flying fuck!! i just received this email from them OP Productions LLC <donotreply@thewarz.com> [quote] OP Productions LLC issues Security Alert for The War Z game players, We are sorry to report that we have discovered that hackers gained access to our forum and game databases and the player data in those databases. We have launched a thorough investigation covering our entire system to determine the scope of the intrusion. This investigation is ongoing and is our top priority. As part of the remediation and security enhancement process we will be taking the game and forums down temporarily. We are issuing this Security Alert to all Survivors as a precaution so you can take some precautionary measures on your own. We have already taken a number of steps to increase security and are continuing to work with external advisors and investigators to identify and implement measures to minimize the chance of this happening in the future. [B]The data accessed included email addresses used to log-in to the forum and game, forum passwords which we encrypt, encrypted game passwords as well as in-game character names and the IP addresses from which players log-in to the forum and to the game. [/B]If you posted other information to the forum it is likely that such data was accessed as well. We do not collect the names or addresses of our gamers so that information was not impacted unless you posted it on the forum. We are investigating whether additional information may have been obtained. No Payment information Exposed. All payments are made through a third party and not through our system. Therefore there was absolutely no exposure of your payment or billing information of any kind. Email Addresses. If you registered on our forum your registration email address was taken. Those Survivors who use the same email address to access their game accounts should be aware that the hackers have the email address. Passwords. We encrypt all passwords. However, [B]there is a possibility that simple passwords can be obtained using brute force even if they are encrypted. Our research shows that many users are not using strong passwords. [/B] Therefore, we are asking all of our players to[B] please change your passwords immediately. [/B]You may do this by visiting our website or by clicking "Forgot Password" on The War Z launcher screen. If you use the same password for accounts on other services, you should change those passwords as well. Please make sure to use a strong password that is unique and uses a combination of upper and lower case letters, numbers and special characters. Longer passwords are stronger. We suggest not to use password shorter than 8 symbols, with 12 to 15 symbols long password being preferred. What we are doing. We have engaged outside experts and investigators to assist in our investigation of this incident and committed substantial resources to that effort. We have identified how access was obtained and have enhanced our security to improve game and forum safety. We are undertaking a full review and update of our servers and the services we use and adding additional security mechanisms. The security of your data is important to us and we want our players to be assured that we take this situation very seriously. We have taken steps to improve security to minimize the chance of this happening in the future and will continue to invest in improving security going forward. This has been a humbling experience for us. While we all know that there is no guaranty of security on the internet, our goal is to try our very best to protect your data. We sincerely apologize. We will update you on status as we make progress. Thank you, The War Z Team [/quote] other source: [url]http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/04/02/hammerpoint-acknowledges-war-z-security-breach-emails-and-passw/[/url]

omg shame the game is p.shit anyway

Not only the game is shit, their security is too....

Well fuck. That explains why my grandmother called up asking why she was getting viagra emails from me.

How much do you want to bet they didn't encrypt the passwords and they're just going to tell people they got brute-forced.

This trainwreck just keeps going and going

my grandma skyped me today to ask me what the email I sent her meant and thought I was mocking her because she doesn't speak English thanks a lot War Z

I feel even smarter for not buying warz now :dance:

Got the same email, but I gave up on this game long ago. Sadly and stupidly I was once of those people that bought legend edition. Oh what a mistake.

Why did I ever buy this piece of shit, all it's now is a source for my E-mail and data to get found my someone as happened here :v:

I like how nobody trusted the guy who said: "This is a scam, It's a DayZ Ripoff, don't buy it" and everybody was like "No, you hater, It was in development before DayZ, this is gonna be great", and now it's all like "We warned you bro" "Look at those Hacker/look at that security" :v: Yup, WarZ and it's team is and always will be a failure. (Except for the guys who made that custom client with the custom servers, those guy are cool)

I really feel bad for the people who bought this game.

God Fucking DAMNIT Why did I even buy this fucking game? Now my fucking information is EVERYWHERE.

I got a refund on this game. Why didn't you guys? You could have gone to Xsolla and asked.

[QUOTE=ZombieWaffle;40135980]I got a refund on this game. Why didn't you guys? You could have gone to Xsolla and asked.[/QUOTE]Even if you got a refund, your email, and password is still in their database.

Oh God, my friend bought this game 3 days ago.

Fuck you warz i should never of even registered to that shit

i got this email as well funny enough, just like when my diablo 3 account got hacked i didn't give a fuck, and i certainly haven't given any fucks towards the war z in a long time. i just hope since i linked steam to the game it doesn't mean they can gain access to that as well.

[QUOTE=soullink;40131059]I like how nobody trusted the guy who said: "This is a scam, It's a DayZ Ripoff, don't buy it" and everybody was like "No, you hater, It was in development before DayZ, this is gonna be great", and now it's all like "We warned you bro" "Look at those Hacker/look at that security" :v: Yup, WarZ and it's team is and always will be a failure. (Except for the guys who made that custom client with the custom servers, those guy are cool)[/QUOTE] As a general rule, the1domo is never a cool guy :)

Well fuck, I'm more glad every day that I held off on this one.

This is terrible news! I had fun with WarZ though :(

WarZ was fun, just they put minimum effort into updates besides the art team do a pretty smick job. If only they created a better security system and get better coders.

Why the hell would anyone still play this piece of crap game?

"let's abuse and publicise people debit/credit/emails because they bought something they thought was gonna be good rather than the guys that make the game" yup.

[QUOTE=H4wkeye;40171389]Why the hell would anyone still play this piece of crap game?[/QUOTE] You'd be surprised that alot of counter strike players play WarZ for the competitive gameplay.

I don't honestly give a shit, because it was clear that the game was going downhill. I don't really regret buying the game until now, because even though it was said to be crappy, I enjoyed it very much. What will they do with my email, though?

[QUOTE=MaikkiBoi;40172294]What will they do with my email, though?[/QUOTE] Register it at gay porn sites and newsletters of course.

Alright so how do I change my password? The launcher refuses to work and the website has no login options.

[QUOTE=DEMONSKUL;40130576]Not only the game is shit, their security is too....[/QUOTE] Are you admitting your crime? :v:

I bought it to tide me over to DayZ Standalone (This was when it first came out), found it was as terrible as they said, and promptly got it refunded. I wonder if they still had my details...