Eidos gets hacked

Neil79 · 13 May 2011 at 13:00

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/05/anonymous-splinter-group-implicated-in-game-company-hack/

For several hours early Thursday morning, the Deus Ex Web site, user forum, and Eidos.com were unreachable. For a brief period late Wednesday evening, the sites displayed a defacement banner that read “Owned by Chippy1337″ (click screen shot at right for a larger version), along with several names and hacker handles of those supposedly responsible for the break-in.

KrebsOnSecurity.com obtained an archived copy of the attackers’ online chatter as they were covering their tracks from compromising the sites. A hacker using the alias “ev0″ discusses having defaced the sites and downloading some 9,000 resumes from Eidos. ev0 and other hackers discuss leaking “src,” which may refer to source code for Deus Ex or other Eidos games. In a separate conversation, the hackers also say they have stolen information on at least 80,000 Deus Ex users and that they plan to release the data on file-sharing networks.

Hairybudda · 13 May 2011 at 13:04

Heh script kiddies

Retikulan · 13 May 2011 at 13:11

the hackers also say they have stolen information on at least 80,000 Deus Ex users and that they plan to release the data on file-sharing networks.

What possible information could they have on someone who played Deus Ex . :confused:

Semiskimmed · 13 May 2011 at 13:15

Sleepery · 13 May 2011 at 13:44

Seriously, who actually puts "1337" in their name

Ewaf · 13 May 2011 at 13:51

Such sad acts.

DB_SamX · 13 May 2011 at 13:53

Retikulan said:
What possible information could they have on someone who played Deus Ex .

+1

They could mean forum users but I can't see that amounting to 80000.

:confused:

Purdy · 13 May 2011 at 14:06

Such Internet hard men.

Scougar · 13 May 2011 at 16:48

More like complete bull and they dont actually have that info, just trying to say they have.

Reaper 392 · 13 May 2011 at 19:44

and eidos were starting to make thief 4 too. not what they need

Dem2k · 13 May 2011 at 19:55

Bit odd, is their even a motive. Like are they unimpressed at the direction deusex is going in or something?

Weird.

buchtis · 13 May 2011 at 19:57

Evilsod · 13 May 2011 at 19:58

Given how it seems nobody has any actual security measures up to prevent hacking, or at least, to prevent anything of value being stolen if they do, they probably just did it to see what they could get hold of.

Cycrow · 13 May 2011 at 20:06

i seriously doubt that eidos would have the source code for any game on thier web server

jake108 · 13 May 2011 at 22:35

Cycrow said:
i seriously doubt that eidos would have the source code for any game on thier web server

+1

They just wouldn't do it.

Huw · 13 May 2011 at 23:27

Retikulan said:
What possible information could they have on someone who played Deus Ex .

An email address and password - a password which, depressingly, is quite likely to be the same used to access lots of other sites.

Also, if Eidos have their own web store, credit card info too?