Re: Codemasters was hacked, data stolen

[security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>]

Bit more information:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/10/codemasters/

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Details lost included members' names, usernames, screen names, email 
addresses, dates of birth, encrypted passwords, newsletter preferences, 
biographies entered by users, details of last site activity, IP addresses 
and Xbox Live Gamertags. In addition, telephone numbers, encrypted 
passwords and order histories were accessed and compromised from the 
Codemasters electronic store.

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On Fri, 10 Jun 2011, security curmudgeon wrote:

: 
: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-06-10-codemasters-was-hacked-data-stolen
: 
: Codemasters was hacked, data stolen
: by Robert Purchese
: 10/06/2011 @ 14:42
: 
: British publisher Codemasters has admitted being violated by hackers. In an
: open letter to customers, Codemasters outlined the areas hacked - the
: Codemasters website, Dirt 3 VIP code redemption page, Codemasters EStore and
: Codemasters CodeM database - and what had been stolen.
: 
: No credit card or payment details were taken - this information isn't stored
: on the Codemasters EStore database.
: 
: The most worrying thing to be pinched were encrypted passwords, Xbox Live
: Gamertags, email addresses, user names and that kind of data.
: 
: [..]
: 
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