Just shortly before Summer Games Fest began, Electronic Arts confirmed to a reporter at Vice that the company had been recently hacked, with an unidentified person or group stealing about 780GB of data from the publisher. The hacker responsible then took to a webforum, listing the contents of the data breach for sale, including the source code for FIFA 21, FIFA 22's debug tools, the entire source code for EA's Frostbite engine, certain private SDK and API keys, and more.

We sell the FIFA 21 full src code and tools

debug tools, SDK And api keys
FIFA 21 matchmaking server
FIFA 22 api keys and some SDK & debugging tools
FrostBite src code & debug tools
Many proprietary EA games frameworks & SDKs
XBOX & SONY private SDK & api key
XB PS & EA pfx & crt with key (currently used)

You have full capability of exploiting on all ea services

Total dump = 780 GB

The breach apparently took place on June 6th, and utilized some form of "intrusion into [EA's| network". According to them, no data related to their customers or players was accessed or is at risk. They're also currently working with the Presque Isle Police Department in order to find out the person responsible. This is the continuation of a streak of data breaches affecting major game publishers, with Nintendo, Capcom, and most recently, CD Projekt Red all falling victim to them.

An amount of game source code and related tools were stolen. 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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[chrisrlink]

They should sell it back to EA piece by piece as DLC.

that'll teach those greedy bastards

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Frostbite always had very impressive physics, putting the likes of Havoc to shame. The Battlefield series was probably the first to enable players to just level a building down to the ground, with each piece being separate from the whole and interactive. Developers obviously wouldn't use stolen snippets of code, but many would love to take a peek under the hood to see how such an engine even works, and perhaps implement similar solutions in their own work. It's not necessarily ethical to do so, buuuut... the source is out there, and somebody's going to buy it. With that said, if such a transaction was to take place and the word got out, it'd be the death knell to any company, so chances are that if anyone's going to buy it, it'll be EA themselves.

funny thing is these "Hacker ebay" auctions are just a rouse to throw the feds off no unethical hacker is that stupid to walk right into the hands of the FBI that listing is fake the real dealings are in person where rats are vulnerable (you cant put a bullet in the brain through a computer you know)

 

[orangy57]

imagine gaining unfettered access to EA's servers and then you blow time downloading FIFA 21 lmaooooo

cool to see a leak but the only thing of value here are probably the xbox + sony private api keys

 

[BraveDragonWolf]

Who plays Fifa?

 

[ghjfdtg]

Haha, get fucked EA. I know "schadenfreude" is not good but it's EA, so...

 

[SG854]

That 780gb is 99% DLC, 1% game code.

 

[Blasingame]

They're also currently working with the Presque Isle Police Department

This is Presque Isle Maine? lol nothing ever happens up there. Biggest news of the century for that small town.

 

[FAST6191]

I generally approve of source code getting out there, however I do have to wonder if I feel into some weird alternate universe where security is at 1990s levels for all these to keep happening where we had very little before a few years back beyond the odd snippet of SDK.
Granted with all the lost source code I am sure some companies would thank them but that is a different matter.

 

[jesus96]

Good

 

[gamesquest1]

here's hoping there is a lot more archival grade materials similar to the Nintendo leaks where we got betas of Snes era games etc, can't really think of many EA games worth having the source code to, but it would be more interesting than the source code to any of the Fifa games, can we at least get an original recording of E....A.....SPORTS....its in the game

 

[phreaksho]

Maybe someone can take the code from the skate games and finally give us a new one...

 

[Undwiz]

Maybe we can get a EA source Engine , like steam did after they got hacked ... what 18 years ago or so

 

[Spider_Man]

Games that'll be $1-$3 within 5 years

Fifa is that within a few months or shorter if a new kit comes out and they do fifa 21 comes out in 2020.

 

[dude1]

At least your dad still works at Nintendo though, right?

Pssht I’ll have you know it’s his uncle that works for Nintendo

His dad probably worked for another company on a super super secret project guys but the company closed down so we’ll never hear about it

 

[Jayro]

I'd feel bad, but then again it's EA, so fuck them. They can buy the data back... As DLC!

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Pssht I’ll have you know it’s his uncle that works for Nintendo

His dad probably worked for another company on a super super secret project guys but the company closed down so we’ll never hear about it

My stepdad actually works for Nvidia Labs here in Oregon, does that count?

 

[Xzi]

My stepdad actually works for Nvidia Labs here in Oregon, does that count?

Forget Bloomberg, Jayro is now the one and only source that matters for all Switch Pro updates.

 

[Jayro]

Forget Bloomberg, Jayro is now the one and only source that matters for all Switch Pro updates.

He legit helped engineer the power supply for the Switch, no cap.

 

[BaamAlex]

what can they do with the SDK's and API keys?

Tbh nothing. Theoretically, viewing all this stuff is already illegal.

 

[Lightyose]

My stepdad actually works for Nvidia Labs here in Oregon, does that count?

Cool, does he really like the job though?

Spoiler: Meanwhile, in an alternate reality:

EA is the only company releasing full games at decent prices.

 

[Budsixz]

Came here to make lootbox and dlc joke but arrived too late

 

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