Codemasters has his customers reported that an intruder on the server of the game publisher has had access to names, addresses, personal data and the bestelgeschiedenissen. Also the encrypted passwords would be captured.
The hacker would be on Friday, June 3 through codemasters.com have had access to the backend of the publisher. Then the burglar some sub-domains can achieve, including, for example, the database where DiRT 3 VIP codes were entered. Also the Estore was compromised, but Codemaster has its customers by e-mail ensures that financial data such as creditcarddata are not captured.
The gamebedrijf says he doesn’t know whether there is actually data to the outside is being smuggled, but the company is going to be: “We believe that member names, usernames, screen names, email addresses, birth dates, encrypted passwords, newsletter preferences, biographies that by users are entered, details of the latest activity on the website, ip addresses, and details of Xbox Live Gamertags all compromised.”
The site Codemasters.com refers at the time of writing to the Facebook page of the publisher, and according to the company this remains ‘the next time’ the case. Later this year, will a new website be put into use. Codemasters recommends that customers the passwords of Codemasters accounts, and any identical passwords on other sites to change, and be alert to fraudulent emails and scams. According to the company, are currently more game companies by attackers under fire, probably as a result of the successful hacks on Sony.