It seems like getting hacked is the cool thing to do these days, because everybody’s doing it. Hot on the heels of Code Masters informing its users that its site was hacked, Epic Games is now reporting the same issue. Epic CEO Tim Sweeney issued the following statement on the matter:
Our Epic Games web sites and forums were recently hacked. We’re working on getting them back up and running, and expect everything to be restored in a few days.
The hackers likely obtained the email addresses and encrypted passwords of forum users. Plain text passwords weren’t revealed, but short or common passwords could be obtained by brute-force attack. Therefore, we’re resetting all passwords. If you have an account on the Epic Games forums, you can request to receive your new password by email it to the address we have on file for you.
The Unreal Developer Network (UDN) has not been compromised. None of our web sites ask for, or store, credit card information or other sensitive customer data.
We’re sorry for the inconvenience, and appreciate everyone’s patience as we get our servers back under control.
It’s good that no credit card information was even available to be stolen, but this is still a bit unpleasant for anyone who has an account with Epic. It’s bad enough that publishers keep getting hacked, but all of this stealing of user information is really messed up. One final note: if the internet outlaws amongst you could refrain from hacking us, that would be just great. Thanks.
[Source: IGN]
