Online forum posts reviewed by CNN Business and vetted by an independent cybersecurity expert show that on June 6, hackers claimed to have obtained 780 gigabytes of data from EA , including the Frostbite source code, which is the game engine that powers the FIFA, Madden, and Battlefield series of video games, among others.The hackers claimed to offer"full capability of exploiting on all EA services.
" Read MorePlayer data was not compromised in the breach, the EA spokesperson told CNN.JBS says it paid $11 million ransom after cyberattack"We are investigating a recent incident of intrusion into our network where a limited amount of game source code and related tools were stolen," the EA spokesperson said."No player data was accessed, and we have no reason to believe there is any risk to player privacy.
Oh no, that’s terrible
Ugh I'm starting to think hackers don't care about freeing people from debt 🙄
...that's too bad..games are too expensive anyway..
Cyber security is too reactive. We need to get to a proactive state. If we can hunt the intruders down after the fact we can improve intrusion detection systems to a preventive state. Why is ransomeware still working when it’s been around for five years. ENCRYPT YOUR DATA!
Getting ready for that Battlefield 2042.
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start.
Yay
🙏🏻PLEASE LOOK INTO JAN 6TH ATTACK NEED TO FIND OUT WHO SUPPORTED, FUNDED 👉🏻INSTIGATED ATTACK ON CAPITOL ✅INDITE & CONVICT & JAIL ANYONE WHO WAS INVOLVED 🛑WHITE SUPREMACY & DOMESTIC TERRORISM INFECTS OUR COUNTRY & OUR GOVERNMENT NEED TO PROTECT DEMOCRACY & AMERICAN PEOPLE
Don't care. As long as Tecmo Bowl hasn't been hacked, I'm resting easy.
Better make the sims DLC free I’m not paying $500 to make a nice house in the sims
So they got source codes for games that are either battle royal, or copies of 2017 games.
Put them in a lootbox!
Yooooooo we can finally get real madden
Hackers need to get in to Rockstar Games. I wanna see what they cooking up
If you want to steal our code and tools, it’ll cost you $59.99
Can we get the hackers to hack student loans? I'm tired of hearing about everything getting hacked into except for my loans
Surprise mechanics
Serves EA right. Seriously money gouging bastards. Make them buy it all back from the shareholders dividends and board of directors bonuses and let the value of the company go in the toilet where it belongs.
Stealing copy and paste is not a crime
Can't wait for the leaks
This hacking is a national threat.
ELECTRONIC ARTS ROGUE EMPLOYEE?
hard to truly get upset about this given the re
Breaking fake propaganda! Desperate news.
We need better infrastructure and cyber security is one of those needs
Baby world news I heard there was a mass scuffle in the Bolivian parliament. Now
EA be like
But I thought white supremacy was our biggest threat?!?
Can you get Rockstar next? Because where's is GTA 6
Hackers will offer them the get your shit back DLC for 5.99 million
racisthunter
Lemme get the cheat codes for Madden
They’re gonna voluntarily be giving that back pretty quickly.
They use all my phones, accounts, old addresses, and devices I've ever touched to do this simple shift. these hackers are not even capable of operating without stealing intel data
People just hack 2 hack
They keep playing with Biden’s balls because he doesn’t act.
EA’s going to try and add loot boxes to SQL injections.
Spore?
Chinese hackers
You get a loot box! And you get a loot box!
thats fine by me cuz fuck ea
So...the Hackers found good loot in the Lootboxes?
'It's in the game'
The internet is No Longer Safe for ANYONE !!
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