Hammerpoint acknowledges War Z security breach, emails and passwords compromised

[Erica Absetz <erica () riskbasedsecurity com>]

http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/04/02/hammerpoint-acknowledges-war-z-security-breach-emails-and-passw/

Hammerpoint has officially responded to the security issues plaguing
its War Z zombie shooter. The firm says that no payment information
was accessed in the recent breach, but that email addresses and game
and forum passwords have been compromised.

 The data accessed included email addresses used to log in to the
forum, forum passwords which we encrypt, email addresses used to log
in to the game, encrypted game passwords, as well as in-game character
names and the IP addresses from which players log in to the forum and
to the game. If you posted other information to the forum it is likely
that such data was accessed as well. We do not collect the names or
addresses of our gamers so that information was not impacted unless
you posted it on the forum. We are investigating whether additional
information may have been obtained.

Hammerpoint says that it has "engaged outside experts and
investigators" and is committing "substantial resources" to improving
security. The company encourages The War Z users to change their
passwords.
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