security
Niantic admits to using Pokemon Go player data to train an AI-powered 3-D map tool
If all you thought you were doing when playing Pokemon Go was enjoying a fun AR mobile title, think again. You were also helping...
EU Parliament adopts resolution to regulate games industry harms from lockboxes to manipulative design
Call them lockboxes, lootboxes, gambleboxes, or gachapon: The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly to adopt a resolution "ensuring a safe online environment for online...
ROSE Online’s early access launch is waylaid by a user data leak that forces the game offline for recoding
Veterans of our genre know that MMORPG launches are never smooth, but some launches can go far worse than others. That sadly appears to...
Players caught Niantic’s Campfire app broadcasting private data in spite of security settings
This won't surprise many readers, but Campfire, the social media messenger app built by Niantic for its games, is not working as promised and...
Twitch suffers massive data breach as a hacker gets away with source code and streamer payout details
Twitch is having a very bad day today as a hacker has managed to hack and release 125GB worth of data, which has since...
Final Fantasy XIV and XI now support more authenticator software for one-time passwords
If you want to enable a one-time password for your Square-Enix account to access Final Fantasy XIV, Final Fantasy XI, or both? That's a good...
Pokemon Go adds even more winter events, hints that Kanto is just the start of the tour
Gather around, trainers: Have you heard of Mr. Rime? The new version Pokemon's Mr. Mime got a Galar regional variant that also evolves, and...
Old School RuneScape is taking aim at account security
You all have phones, right? Because you can use those to enable two-factor authentication for RuneScape, something that Jagex strongly encourages you to do....
Final Fantasy XIV offers a Shadowbringers-themed physical security token
Do you love having an authenticator but hate putting it on your phone? Because the Square-Enix account authenticator is coming back, but now with...
Xbox’s Phil Spencer elaborates on community controls in the works to make Xbox Live less toxic
Jean-Paul Sartre's play "No Exit" provided us with the phrase "Hell is other people," and if you've dared to leave your mic or chat...
Black Desert Online locks (some) player accounts in the wake of data breach
Black Desert Online appears to be in the midst of an account-security fiasco, as a recent forum post from GM Rhotaaz has announced that...
AdventureQuest 3D details the fight against hackers deleting characters
On a list of unpleasant things occurring to players in any MMO, "getting your character deleted while you're still playing" is probably near the...
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...
Fortnite fixes a bug that left all of the game’s players vulnerable
Let's start with the good news for this one, shall we? There's no firm evidence about how often Fortnite's newly fixed login bug was actually...
Town of Salem suffers database breach, compromising user data
The developers of indie deceit-and-deduction game Town of Salem received an unwelcome surprise upon returning from their holiday vacations, when they were informed that...
The Daily Grind: Do you have authenticators for your MMO accounts?
It never seemed to me like I had any need of an authenticator for World of Warcraft... until my wife's account got taken. It...
Fortnite on Android has lots of fake versions with malware, spyware, and so forth
Hey, remember when concerns were raised about Fortnite on Android not having any built-in security by avoiding the Google Play store? After all, it'd...
Fortnite’s Android version shipped with huge security hole, but it’s OK now
Here's some really scary news if you were among the millions who installed Fortnite on an Android device from the game's website. Apparently the...
CCP banned over 1800 EVE Online botters in January alone
If you've been paying any attention at all to EVE Online over the past few months, you know that the playerbase's anger over the...
The Daily Grind: Where do you stand on Dota 2’s plan to require phone numbers for competitive play?
Last week, Valve announced that in order to compete in ranked play, Dota 2 players will be required to register a unique phone number.
"Players...
