While zombies are generally looking for tasty flesh and juicy brains, there is a force of shambling monstrosities far worse than them. We call them hackers and they roam the internet looking for passwords, payment information and email addresses.
The most recent victim of these so-called hackers is WarZ, the controversial zombie game from OP Productions. This was revealed by the company itself in a security alert posted on the WarZ forum:
We are sorry to report that we have discovered that hackers gained access to our forum and game databases and the player data in those databases. We have launched a thorough investigation covering our entire system to determine the scope of the intrusion. This investigation is ongoing and is our top priority. As part of the remediation and security enhancement process we will be taking the game and forums down temporarily.
We are issuing this Security Alert to all Survivors as a precaution so you can take some precautionary measures on your own. We have already taken a number of steps to increase security and are continuing to work with external advisors and investigators to identify and implement measures to minimize the chance of this happening in the future.
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.
If you own the game or if you visit the forums, it’s recommended to change your password(s) as soon as possible. Besides that, there is not really anything affected users can do about this and the matter is now entirely in the company’s hands. Let’s hope they turn up something soon!
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