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PSA: Hackers hit World of Warcraft emulator TurtleWoW’s account database
As regular readers know, it's not our policy to report on emulators for MMORPGs that are actively running, and there are few that are...
Apex Legends esports tourney is hacked mid-match, postponing the event and raising security concerns
Nobody likes to see cheaters win in an esports competition (or any competition for that matter), but a bout of cheating occurring in an...
‘Professional fraudsters’ admit the 189GB hack of Epic Games was a hoax supposedly used to get $85K
Last week news broke of a supposed hack of Epic Games in which a hacker gang called Mogilevich claimed to have gotten away with...
Fractured Online hopes to restore its player cities today after nasty weekend hack
There's no doubt that it has been hard times at the Fractured Online ranch this past weekend. This early access sandbox endured a nightmare...
Ukraine-based STALKER 2 dev studio has been hacked and blackmailed by a pro-Russian group
We haven't been tracking the development trajectory of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl very closely, particularly since it's projecting a December 2023 launch with...
Neopets gets hacked for all user account data and source code, hacker offers everything for sale for bitcoin
So who had "Neopets gets hacked and sold on the black market" on their 2022 bingo card? When you think about online games, you...
Hackers yoink crypto worth over half a billion dollars from P2E Axie Infinity
We greet you this fine Wednesday morning with some schadenfreude: The people behind massive exploitative pay-to-earn job/game Axie Infinity have apparently seen their network...
Among Us servers go down for the weekend due to DDoS attacks
In a game full of paranoia and rampant backstabbing, perhaps the most sus thing about Among Us is when the drama spills over into...
Teen hackers plunder software giants like Microsoft and Ubisoft
If I was ever granted three wishes by a genie, I can assure you that one of those wishes would be spent on a...
EA suffers major data breach while CDPR says its own breach targeted more than just source code
"It's been a bad day for security in games," MOP's Andy sighed in team chat earlier today, and unfortunately, he's quite right.
For starters, EA...
Blizzard is already cracking down on Diablo II Resurrected modders and hackers
Apparently, Blizzard has decided to crack all the way down on the modding community that's popped up around Diablo II: Resurrected.
Following the technical alpha...
Red Dead Online hackers are attacking with spooky scary two-headed skeletons
It's always nice to think that while hackers are destroying your game experience and generally making an unfounded nuisance out of themselves for no...
Serious EA data breach exposes 1,600 FIFA 20 accounts
There is nothing quite like that gut-wrenching feeling when you hear a story about a data breach and then have to do that quick...
Cheating cheaters and the online video game companies that fight them
I'm so tired of cheaters in video games. Well, I mean, also cheaters at life, but we're on a video game website, so today,...
Grapeshot Games is working to combat Atlas hackers
It's been a bit of a rough start for Grapeshot Games's open-world survival MMO Atlas since it launched late last month, and it's clear...
Rockstar Games levels lawsuit against Australian Grand Theft Auto V cheat creators
It's certainly not uncommon these days to hear of game studios taking action against the authors of hacks and cheats for their games, but...
New Bless Online producer’s letter tackles optimization issues and hacking
The saga of Bless Online's turbulent Western release (which we dove into last week) continues with a new producer's letter posted today, this time...
TERA races to shore up chat vulnerability
That nasty little loophole in TERA's chat that hackers were exploiting was patched up over the weekend. En Masse deployed a hotfix on the...
WildStar, Blade and Soul, Aion, and Lineage II come under DDoS attacks
Hackers launched an offensive against NCsoft yesterday, targeting several of the company's MMORPGs in a series of DDoS attacks. WildStar, Aion, Lineage II, and...
MMOs you’ve never heard of: Mad World, XAOC, and Moirai
Welcome back to our series on MMOs and other multiplayer games you you've never heard of! Tonight we have three to highlight.
Mad World
Mad World...
