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• Farming Simulator 19 money cheat

  Are agricultural costs getting you down? Then you’ll want to check out this cheat for Farming Simulator 19.

  1 year ago

• CD Projekt RED forum hack exposes almost 1.9 million usernames, emails, salted SHA1 passwords

  Back in March 2016, the CD Projekt RED forums were hacked, and today, the number of accounts compromised has come to light.

  3 years ago

• Epic forums compromised by hackers

  Unreal Tournament developer Epic Games has had to shutter its forums.

  4 years ago

• Canon printer hacked to run Doom

  In an attempt to demonstrate a security flaw with the firmware of a Canon Pixma printer, one talented hacker made it possible to run Doom on it.

  5 years ago

• Beware the Destiny cheaters using an infinite ammo hack

  It has been brought to our attention that a small number of you are cheating while playing Destiny.

  5 years ago

• Insomniac Games forum breached, password change advised

  Our own Gekidami received an email from Insomniac Games advising of a breach on the Fuse, Resistance and Ratchet & Clank developer’s forum software. The developer says it is “possible” information such as email, username, date of birth, Facebook profile and more were accessed, although it can’t be certain. Passwords were encrypted and have not […]

  6 years ago

• League of Legends hacked, encrypted credit card details compromsied

  Although the information obtained by the hackers was encrypted, Riot Games has confirmed that a recent League of Legends security breach got as far as credit card details.

  6 years ago

• Ubisoft website hacked into, account information accessed so change your passwords

  Ubisoft has announced it recently that one of its websites was exploited to gain unauthorized access to online systems. While the firm has closed off this access, and has started a “thorough investigation with relevant authorities,” internal and external security experts recommended everyone change their passwords.

  6 years ago

• Suspected PSN hacker accomplice hit with house arrest, probation

  A man believed to have been involved in a 2008 attack on the PlayStation Network has been given a year of house arrest.

  7 years ago

• Battlefield 3 suffers server outages after attack

  EA and DICE’s Battlefield 3 and Battlelog server network has experienced some downtime today in the wake of what appears to have been a deliberate attack.

  7 years ago

• Harmonix servers back online

  Harmonix has reinstated its RockBand.com, DanceCentral.com and HarmonixMusic.com servers following last weekend’s hack. You should now be able to log in and change your passwords. In related news, the company has begin selling merchandise via an online store; this stuff was previously only available at special events and trade shows. Thanks,

  7 years ago

• Rock Band and Dance Central website servers attacked, users should change passwords

  Harmonix has said its Rock Band and Dance Central website servers have suffered an “apparent attack,” and registered users will need to change their passwords just to be safe.

  7 years ago

• Battlefield Play4Free bug can give hijackers access to PCs - report

  A report on Ars Technica states that Battlefield Play4Free users who are running the game on older versions of Windows may be at risk due to an exploit. According to the report, researchers at Black Hat security conference in Amsterdam demonstrated a proof-of-concept exploit, showing who players could be lured to “a booby-trapped website” which […]

  7 years ago

• The War Z comes under heavy cyber attack, bounces back

  Servers for controversial survival MMO The War Z has been suffering “various forms of malicious attacks” attacks, according to a post on its forums. Hammerpoint Interactive believes the most recent issue is resolved, although it’s now tackling a Steam DRM problem. Comments from veteran players below suggest a history of hacking and DDOS shutdown attempts, […]

  7 years ago

• PlayStation 3 pirates to score lifetime bans

  PlayStation 3 consoles hosting pirated games enabled by unauthorised custom software will find themselves cut off from the PlayStation Network.

  7 years ago

• Borderlands 2 patch addresses "Graveyard" exploit

  Borderlands 2 on Xbox 360 has been patched, apparently remedying the devastating Graveyard issue.

  7 years ago

• Borderlands 2 Xbox 360 exploit punishes innocent bystanders

  Borderlands 2 fans might want to stay off Xbox Live for a while; there’s a very nasty exploit going around which deletes save files.

  7 years ago

• New .hack title in the works for consoles and handhelds

  A new entry in the massive .hack franchise is on the way, CyberConnect 2 boss Hiroshi Matsuyama confirmed at New York Comic Con.

  7 years ago

• .hack inspired Guilty Dragon is coming to iOS in the West

  CyberConnect 2 is working on Guilty Dragon for Android and iOS. The title has a connection to the popular .hack series, which Western players will be more familiar with. An announcement was made at a pre-Tokyo Game Show event as the game readies itself for release in Japan.

  7 years ago