Don’t look now, hackers are terrorizing the video gaming world once again. As we approach the one month anniversary of the Playstation Network’s infiltration and dismantling, it may be unsettling to learn that hackers have broken into the websites for both Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Tomb Raider, stealing 25,000 email addresses of customers who had registered for product updates. In addition, the Eidos Montreal web servers were accessed, where as many as 350 employee resumes may have been compromised.
"Square Enix can confirm a group of hackers gained access to parts of our Eidosmontreal.com website as well as two of our product sites," Square Enix confirmed in a statement. "We immediately took the sites offline to assess how this had happened and what had been accessed, then took further measures to increase the security of these and all of our websites, before allowing the sites to go live again."
Sophos security consultant Graham Cluley fears that these breaches could lead to other problems. “With the e-mail there is a danger that gamers could be e-mailed by someone pretending to be from the company who gets them to click on a link or run some malicious software," he reported to BBC News. "The resumes are a blueprint for identity theft. They have everything that scammers want. The only thing missing is credit card information."
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water. Not that these are things we shouldn’t be doing anyway, but be careful with your e-mails, everybody. And keep an eye on your credit card activity.
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