Another half-baked ransomware scheme wants EA to pay up
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On November 2, Capcom’s servers were brought down by “unauthorized access carried out by a third party”.
Publisher 2K have suffered quite the security breach tonight, as pretty much every aspect of their social media…
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A spreadsheet containing the contact information and personal addresses of over 2,000 games journalists, editors,…
A 24 year-old man from England has pleaded guilty to charges of hacking into both Microsoft and Nintendo’s servers,…
If you play video games, you are an ideal target to get wrecked by hackers.
Yesterday, one of Twitch’s best-known streamers, Dr Disrespect, was forced to abruptly shut down his stream after…
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In response to the recent mass shooting tragedy in Jacksonville, during which two Madden competitors were killed and…
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Attendees walking in with badges obscured. Security declining to approach an injured show-goer. Robberies, one…
Thursday night’s Street Fighter V update added stage KOs, among other things, like Express Men’s bad-ass, Urien, and…
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This seems like common sense, right? Don’t be weird; don’t put people in an uncomfortable situation, no matter who…
Judging by this tweet, and confirmed by an official statement to Polygon, it looks like Sony’s starting to roll out two-factor verification for PSN accounts.
The official DayZ message boards were recently compromised, and while it’s not clear everyone’s passwords are out there, the developers are recommending folks change ‘em anyway.
Streamers rejoice: Skype now hides your IP address by default. The move should cut down on game streamers being harassed and DDOSed by folks resolving their Skype address into an IP.
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Twitch has introduced the ability for users to have two-factor authentication on their accounts. It’s not required, but given the frequency at which online databases are compromised, I’d recommend everyone does this ASAP. It’s still wild that Sony hasn’t added two-factor authentication to PSN! One day, I guess.
Over the past week, a number of Steam accounts—including those of some prominent streamers and DOTA 2 pros—were…
On December 2014, Michael Hamelin, a hacker and physicist, died in an unfortunate car crash. He is survived by his…
Every time I go through airport security, I'm always afraid someone will walk off with my personal belongings.…
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Bodyguards, the often terrible henchmen found in video games and movies, are very important in real life. These men…
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