GAME group hacked. 'Passwords and details fully public'. Change password but beware.

[Choze]

edit: overreaction by websites. Checking pastebins dump: http://pastebin.com/Uj3ZTJWp

 

It looks like passwords are hashed and only afew accounts emails posted.

 

Information, including customer email addresses and passwords stored in plain text are reported to have been obtained and then posted on the internet for all to see.

 

Why were passwords stored in plain text?

 

 

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Catalyst-Gaming-and-Game-Co-Uk-Hacked-Data-Leaked-246709.shtml

Edited January 16, 2012 by Choze

[gmac]

Game have responded on their FB page

 

We know that some of you have been concerned about the rumour going around today about our data. Please rest assured that we always take data issues very seriously and have investigated this claim thoroughly.

 

Here are our official words:

 

"At GAME we guard our customers' details very carefully. We have thoroughly investigated the hacking claims made today by the website Pastebin, and can confirm that they are entirely false. The published email addresses are not registered users of GAME.co.uk, and there has been no breach of our database security.

 

We would like to assure all our customers that their details are well protected, and advise anyone who has any questions to contact our customer services team via the website, our Facebook page or Twitter account."

 

Anna-Marie Mason, GAME spokesperson

[Choze]

Agreed. Seems like rubbish. Even if the (very few)accounts are real the passwords arent there. Shame on the sites for trying to get cheap hits.

 

For proof the dump is here: http://pastebin.com/Uj3ZTJWp

[Ike]

edit: overreaction by websites. Checking pastebins dump: http://pastebin.com/Uj3ZTJWp

 

It looks like passwords are hashed and only afew accounts emails posted.

 

That's not the GAME list. The GAME one did have passwords in plaintext.

 

The list looked a little fake to me though.

[Cube]

http://pastebin.com/Cb4nJfm0

 

That is apparently the list.

 

According to my research, it's complete bogus. Unless GAME have disabled all affected accounts .

[Ike]

http://pastebin.com/Cb4nJfm0

 

That is apparently the list.

 

According to my research, it's complete bogus. Unless GAME have disabled all affected accounts .

 

You tried the passwords didn't you? :P

[Cube]

You tried the passwords didn't you? :P

 

I didn't, the people in the nearby office who happen to have a router with no password tested them to see if they had to be worried about their accounts.