CZ BOHEMIA INTERACTIVE a.s. Jan 2016 Hacking (Q14299)
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A data breach risk event
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A data breach risk event |
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January 2016
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The online forums of the DayZ gaming community were compromised around January 23 by a group of Saudi Arabian hackers known as OurMine. DayZ is an open-world survival video game and the stand-alone version of the award-winning ARMA II mod of the same name. The game, developed by Bohemia Interactive, is quite popular even if its still in an alpha stage. According to a screenshot on their Tumblr account, on January 23, the Our Mine hacking crew managed to penetrate the official forums of the DayZ community, stealing details about over 200,000 usernames. OurMine defaced the forums frontend The hackers didnt operate in the shadows and left a visible topic on the forums main page. On the same date, the DayZ development team took to Twitter, warning of a possible data breach. Survivors, Weve ex (English)
