Eidos hacked

[Feels Good Man]

For several hours early Thursday morning, the Deus Ex Web site, user forum, and Eidos.com were unreachable. For a brief period late Wednesday evening, the sites displayed a defacement banner that read “Owned by Chippy1337? (click screen shot at right for a larger version), along with several names and hacker handles of those supposedly responsible for the break-in.

KrebsOnSecurity.com obtained an archived copy of the attackers’ online chatter as they were covering their tracks from compromising the sites. A hacker using the alias “ev0? discusses having defaced the sites and downloading some 9,000 resumes from Eidos. ev0 and other hackers discuss leaking “src,” which may refer to source code for Deus Ex or other Eidos games. In a separate conversation, the hackers also say they have stolen information on at least 80,000 Deus Ex users and that they plan to release the data on file-sharing networks.

Neither Eidos nor its parent company Square Enix Co. could be immediately reached for comment. (This may not be the first time Eidos was breached: In a story I wrote earlier this year, I detailed how hackers on an underground criminal forum claimed to be selling access to Eidos’ customer database).

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/05/anonymo...e-company-hack/

 

[DarkShinigami]

wait is eidos the tomb raider company? if not what game are they know for?

 

[Feels Good Man]

wait is eidos the tomb raider company? if not what game are they know for?

Square-Enix Eidos.

So Just Cause, Deus Ex, Arkham Asylum etc

 

[DarkShinigami]

oh some games i cant play dont own a current gen and my pc cant handle them YET

 

[Bladexdsl]

anon have gone insane?!

 

[shakirmoledina]

It seems to have become a trend due to the prev hack and initially i dont think it was necessary to do something like this. When will hackers stop?

 

[DarkShinigami]

whats next to get hacked sony ninty or another big game maker?

c'mon takin all bets

but seriously wth if this is anon they have gone insane. they have power but are using it wrongly

 

[Phoenix Goddess]

Someone doesn't want people playing video games.

 

[cwstjdenobs]

whats next to get hacked sony ninty or another big game maker?

c'mon takin all bets

but seriously wth if this is anon they have gone insane. they have power but are using it wrongly

QUOTE For a brief period late Wednesday evening, the sites displayed a defacement banner that read “Owned by Chippy1337? (click screen shot at right for a larger version), along with several names and hacker handles of those supposedly responsible for the break-in.

Not very anonymous. Probably a bunch of skiddies (so maybe anon, but smarting up a bit, false trails?). I really, seriously, extremely doubt they got anywhere near any source code.

 

[OmegaVesko]

1. No way it's anonymous, the fact that it's signed would pretty much defeat the meaning of the word.
2. If they're stupid enough to keep employee personal data and source code on the same server, may God have mercy on their souls.

 

[dragonkid6]

ZOMG my schools network went down it musta been Annon!!!

seriously? gonna blame every hack for the next 7 years on Annon ppl?

 

[Rydian]

The article states that the group itself is confused and infighting, though I don't know how much of that is playing up the situation to produce a bigger sense of threat for customers.

 

[Tonitonichopchop]

This whole thing with anonymous groups attacking video game companies is getting out of hand. This wasn't even a provoked attack for God's sakes.

 

[FireGrey]

Anon is just a group of nerds with nothing else to do but hack game companies.
Can't wait for them to get sent to jail lol so we can game in peace

 

[leeday100196]

Anon is just a group of nerds with nothing else to do but hack game companies.
Can't wait for them to get sent to jail lol so we can game in peace

Didn't one of the mods hack/shut off access to the networks? That was cool, maybe he was paid by Sony to do that after the greatannoying hacking of PSN. That's what my mum said, though she has NO experience in gaming/hacking/law.

 

[SamAsh07]

No way it's Anonymous, clearly the tag says "Chippy1337" now who is THIS guy??

Expect SE to get attacked next, or maybe Namco?

 

[dragonkid6]

Anon is just a group of nerds with nothing else to do but hack game companies.
Can't wait for them to get sent to jail lol so we can game in peace

Do your research, Annon doesn't just target game companies.

 

[Maz7006]

the fact there is 1337 just shows how of a child these group of people are.

seriously this is just plain stealing and disruption.

 

[Evo.lve]

IT WASN'T ANONYMOUS.

For one, it's signed, for two, it even says where to check out their IRC chan.

That defeats the whole meaning of "ANONYMOUS".

 

[Alexrose]

oh some games i cant play dont own a current gen and my pc cant handle them YET

Deus Ex is 11 years old.