Electronic Arts Has Been Hacked - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 10 June 2021 / 1,693 Views
Publisher Electronic Arts has been hacked. The hackers have stolen game source code and related internal tools, according to Vice.
"You have full capability of exploiting on all EA services," said the hackers in posts on underground hacking forums.
The hackers have claimed to have taken the source code for FIFA 21 and its matchmaking server, as well as the source code and tools for the Frostbite engine. Other information stolen includes proprietary EA frameworks and software development kits (SDKs). The hackers claim to have 780 GB of data and are advertising it for sale in various underground hacking forums.
EA has confirmed it has suffered a data breath, but did say no player data has been accessed.
"We are investigating a recent incident of intrusion into our network where a limited amount of game source code and related tools were stolen," said an EA spokesperson.
"No player data was accessed, and we have no reason to believe there is any risk to player privacy. Following the incident, we’ve already made security improvements and do not expect an impact on our games or our business. We are actively working with law enforcement officials and other experts as part of this ongoing criminal investigation."
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Offer the code back to EA, but in small packages for 79.99 each.
I wonder if all the nuances of how FIFA 21, especially Ultimate Team, will be exposed to show how EA is intentionally manipulating players.
It would be nice, not that anything would come of it.
Everytime I read about a big company being hacked, I wonder why noone just creates an offline system to store some of the most critical data and files of the company. Or just use paper.
All of the source code for the Frostbite Engine on paper would be...... I dunno what it would be. Interesting, I guess.
If it's an offline system, it's not really usable by a lot of people. That really restricts what you can put offline. For example, putting source code offline when potentially hundreds of developers need to access it is simply not feasible.
Developers are all around the world working on a game.
For example you might have a team working on a Tree generation system over in Europe whilst the main development team is in the USA.
There needs to be some transference of data to ensure that everyone is on the same page to see where the project is at.
Either way, EA's online systems have always left much to be desired anyway, regardless if you are using it as a consumer or development.
But to loose Frostbite and all that propriety technology is a stupidly massive blow, there is some great stuff that goes on in that engine.
"Or just use paper."
Imagine a fire.
Electronic Arts are also hacks.
They should be closed after this bonanza and let the other studios thrive freedom at last!
next up should be activision.
Exposed All-Around
