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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...
Epic Games rebuts ransomware gang’s 189GB data hack claim
This story looks to be a case of not everything posted on the internet is true: A ransomware gang made a bold claim on...
Fractured Online suffers a nasty admin hack that sees every player city in the game wiped out
The relaunched early access world of Fractured Online has suffered something of an apocalypse as Dynamight Studios CEO Jacopo Gallelli reported on Discord early...
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...
Wizard101 admits the in-game alert system hijacking last weekend was an external hack
Over the weekend, we covered the bizarre news that someone was filling up Wizard101's in-game alert system with malicious text and vulgar messages attacking...
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...
The FBI says it was a North Korean hacker gang that crimed Axie Infinity for $620M
At the tail end of March, we reported on a massive hack of exploitative play-to-earn blockchain job/game Axie Infinity. At the time, the hackers...
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...
Switch owner? Go enable two-factor authentication for your Nintendo account
Multiple sites are reporting this afternoon that Nintendo accounts appear to be under siege. Following a Eurogamer piece yesterday chronicling Nintendo account holders and...
Researchers discover nasty Steam security loophole that Valve allegedly initially brushed off
We all know that Steam is a pretty popular program for gamers, with over 100 million registered users and millions of people online at...
Cyberespionage MMO Spycursion plans a hackable media system with blackmailable journalists
Earlier this spring, I was disappointed by the failed Kickstarter for Spycursion. Defun Games had put up an MMO intended to support a "living...
Spycursion is an indie cyberespionage sandbox MMO hitting Kickstarter this month
So here's a new MMO those of you into espionage and spooks and hackers might like: It's a "continuously evolving" MMORPG sandbox called Spycursion,...
The Daily Grind: Have any of your MMO accounts ever been hacked?
For all I know, all of my authenticators are just placebos; I've never actually had an account get hacked. There are accounts I've lost...
Atlas hackers strike again with the return of the dreaded air whale
It's raining whales! What the heck, it's now raining whales?! Hoist sails! That's the ancient sea shanty players of Atlas were learning to sing when...
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...
Fallout 76 still has lots of fun hacks that are being tracked down
What do you get when you combine a company legendary for its ability to release buggy or unpolished games and an online game with...
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...
