Gaming News: Real Racing and Flight Control series developer Firemonkeys was the target of hacker attack last September that saw its community forums breached and user data potentially downloaded, Electronic Arts has confirmed with IGN. “EA Firemonkeys became aware of a cyber attack on a stand-alone Firemonkeys forum in September 2013, an EA representative told IGN. Firemonkeys took immediate action by shutting down the forums and taking the server in question offline to prevent potential misuse. An investigation determined that a small number of customer email addresses were potentially obtained, but revealed no evidence of other information being accessed including passwords, names, security questions, payment information or any other sensitive data that could permit access to an online account, the statement added. “To be clear, no EA systems or databases were affected outside of the singular Firemonkeys forum, Firemonkeys took swift and appropriate action under the circumstances to address the issue.” Continue reading…
Posted on: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 06:14:54 +0000
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