Tag: hacked
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Xbox Live down, hackers threaten to completely destroy it
There was a rumor that Microsoft is about to announce something big today at Mobile World Conference. They did announce Universal Apps for Xbox One but that’s probably not it. Instead of the announcement we have some bad news. Xbox live seems to be having some major problems around the globe at the moment. Microsoft’s…
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Steam and Origin servers hacked!
Steam has been hit by a DDoS attack, following a similar assault on EA’s Origin service. A pair of Twitter users have since claimed responsibility for connection issues experienced on Valve’s service. It follows a hacker group taking responsibility for outages of EA’s Origin store. The publisher has since taken it servers offline to combat…
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Russian hackers exploit UPlay and download games for free… including the unreleased Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
Ubisoft’s uPlay launcher has been hacked by Russian hackers, allowing them to download the service’s games for free. Their software tricks the launcher into thinking the user already owns a particular game, allowing them to download it for offline play and bypassing the uPlay DRM security measures. An image, published by Gameranx, shows the client…
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Steam got hacked pretty bad
Here’s the official statement in plain text: Dear Steam Users and Steam Forum Users: Our Steam forums were defaced on the evening of Sunday, November 6. We began investigating and found that the intrusion goes beyond the Steam forums. We learned that intruders obtained access to a Steam database in addition to the forums. This…
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Official Steam forums hacked?
The Steam forums are currently offline. "The Steam Forums are temporarily offline for maintenance. Your patience is appreciated." Valve is yet to comment on the situation, but some users have reported what looks like a breach that occurred last night. Images, below, show the forum redesigned slightly to contain a message from FknOwned.com, a website…