Bioware Hacked to the Tune of 18,000 User’s Accounts

Ouch. First Sony, now game developer Bioware has been hacked! Bioware is the GameMaster’s favorite gaming company. Dewd. I’m bummed.

18,000 BioWare Accounts Compromised in Latest Attack

“In a breach that’s being called ‘extremely limited’ in scope, the accounts of about 18,000 Neverwinter Nights forum users have been compromised.

According to EA, this is a ‘very small percentage of total users,’ and among the information potentially exposed were e-mail addresses, account usernames, passwords, countries, and birth dates. Any account that was connected to an EA Account opens the door for any information connected with the latter (such as a mailing address and billing address) to have also been accessed.

EA and BioWare became aware of the breach on June 14 and began securing the servers for BioWare Edmonton’s NN forums. Legacy BioWare accounts have been disabled and any affected EA Accounts have had their password reset, which is one indication that your account was affected. E-mails have also been sent out to those users who are involved. If your EA Account password still works and you didn’t receive an e-mail informing you of the situation, you should be safe.”