Tag: hackers
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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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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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War Z taken offline after hackers get access to player data
OP Productions, publishers of The War Z, say that hackers have infiltrated the databases for the game and forums, gaining access to player information. The game has been taken offline while they investigate the system vulnerabilities that led to the infiltration. “We are sorry to report that we have discovered that hackers gained access to…
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93,000 Sony accounts were accessed by hackers… again!
93,000 accounts, 60,000 were PlayStation Network / Sony Entertainment Network accounts, and 33,000 were Sony Online Entertainment accounts. It amounts to one tenth of one per cent of Sony’s total PSN, SEN and SOE audience. Sony has locked the accounts affected. Of the 93,000 accounts accessed, only a small fraction showed additional activity prior to…