Epic forums compromised by hackers

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Epic Games has contacted forum members to let them know their personal details have been compromised.

“We are sorry to report that the incident may have resulted in unauthorized access to your username, email address, password, and the date of birth you provided at registration,” the developer said.

The good news is the Unreal Engine 4, Fortnite and the new Unreal Tournament forums were not affected. Unfortunately the UDK forum was, along with the less active Infinity Blade, Gears of War, Bulletstorm and past Unreal Tournament games forums.

The forums have been taken offline and mandatory password resets will be issued when they come back up, but in the meantime members should move to protect themselves by changing any duplicate passwords.

Epic said it’s working with a security firm to investigate the hack, and will update users with more information. It also warned against phishing attempts that may result from compromised data.

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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2015/07/15/epic-forums-compromised-by-hackers/

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VatasyPosted:

TLA I wish I was a good Hacker I suck :p


Yeah if I had the skill id put it to good use.

gtapro151Posted:

Tree_Fiddy
7aylor
RepPower Wow, whats the point of hacking things, its just pisses everyone off


That's why these people do those sort of things, we all know why Lizard Squad did it. It kept pissing a lot of people off, so they kept doing it.


Lawl at the fact you think lizard squad are hackers..... Lizard squad are ddosers which is FAR from hacking lamooooo


they got cought anyways lol idk why kids give them fame thinking a real hack is a ddos

KuntaPosted:

Eh what do you expect,
Hackers are becoming more knowledgeable then those who script the protection systems in place.

DBKPosted:

Thats something pretty crazy!

Tree_FiddyPosted:

7aylor
RepPower Wow, whats the point of hacking things, its just pisses everyone off


That's why these people do those sort of things, we all know why Lizard Squad did it. It kept pissing a lot of people off, so they kept doing it.


Lawl at the fact you think lizard squad are hackers..... Lizard squad are ddosers which is FAR from hacking lamooooo

TaylorPosted:

RepPower Wow, whats the point of hacking things, its just pisses everyone off


That's why these people do those sort of things, we all know why Lizard Squad did it. It kept pissing a lot of people off, so they kept doing it.

DeftonesPosted:

RepPower Wow, whats the point of hacking things, its just pisses everyone off


Thats the reason why people do it.

OGPosted:

Wow, whats the point of hacking things, its just pisses everyone off

PinkRibbonPosted:

To be honest I personally do not see any point in hacking things for no reason if people have not done anything to them, I feel they just want a lot of attention.

ArzuaPosted:

Kou
Hopsin_ What idiots, like what is the point seriously?


Hackers are not idiots, they're highly intelligent people.


Don't have to necessarily be highly intelligent, just a good set of skills.