Square-Enix hacked

[quantumsaint]

http://kotaku.com/5867911/square-enix-gets-hacked


Square Enix Gets Hacked
Publisher Square Enix has announced that, following the discovery that somebody "may have gained unauthorized access to a particular Square Enix server", the company's members service has been brought offline in both Japan and the United States.

Thankfully, for those with Square Enix members accounts, Square said, "There is no possibility of any credit card information leak from this incident, since the server in question stores no credit card information."

It's estimated the downtime will last for a few days while Square investigates and patches up the holes.

You can read the full statement below.

We have reason to believe that unknown parties may have gained unauthorized access to a particular Square Enix server related to the free SQUARE ENIX MEMBERS service offered in North America and Japan. In response, Square Enix, Inc. has temporarily suspended operation of the SQUARE ENIX MEMBERS service starting at 10PM (PST) on December 12, 2011.

We are assessing the full extent of this potential breach to determine what data, if any, was compromised and will provide more details as soon as possible. While some personal information may have been accessed, we can confirm that there is no possibility of any credit card information leak from this incident, since the server in question stores no credit card information. We estimate that the suspension will continue for a few days until we complete our investigation and counter-measures. We will update you as we learn more.

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused by the temporary suspension of the SQUARE ENIX MEMBERS service. We take data security extremely seriously and we regret any inconvenience this may have caused our customers and fans. We appreciate your patience and support at this time.

Hide yo kids, etc...

But on a serious note, probably time to change those passwords, boys and girls.

[zaviermhigo]

nice 666 posts quantumsaint, the irony.

[Richard_BG]

But on a serious note, probably time to change those passwords, boys and girls.

so that people wont be able to steal our accounts that are worth nothing?

[quantumsaint]

so that people wont be able to steal our accounts that are worth nothing?

Yeah. I don't want some guy logging in and dressing my avatar unfashionably. I mean, can you imagine the egg on my face?

[Rowyne]

Hopefully the hackers made some improvements while they were in there.

[Sorel]

They still need my security token even if they have my password ... or they hit a brick wall. I am not concerned.

[KiriA500]

I have an authenticator! SUCK IT HAXORZ!

[Zenaku]

A security token could be hacked it happen in FFXI many times it's not 100%

[ssppiikkeeyy]

hackers >< grrrr

[Soukyuu]

A security token could be hacked it happen in FFXI many times it's not 100%

Only by a man-in-the-middle attack, afaik.