We're not quite sure what the gaming industry did to earn the ire of all those Angelina Jolie types out there, but here we are, reporting on yet another attack. Bethesda was the target this past weekend, as a hacker group tried to infiltrate the studios' sites. A post on the Bethesda Blog warns that these hackers may have accessed "user names, email addresses, and/or passwords."
If you frequent any Bethesda forum or have taken advantage of Brink's stat-tracking site, Bethesda says you should change your login info and be on the lookout for suspicious emails. Of course, it goes without saying that if your Bethesda login info mirrors your account name and password on other sites, be cognizant of the danger posed and change your info there, as well.
Reader Comments (101)
Posted: Jun 13th 2011 2:32PM Streeks1984 said
Bethesda will work that stuff out...Hire a private company to sniff out the hackers and continue working on SKYRIM..I have HIIIIIIGH expectations for that game and I fully expect it to take over my life when it releases...BRAVO Bethesda.....BRAVO!
Posted: Jun 13th 2011 3:27PM Hunter141072 said
@Streeks1984
Soooo...where are the guys who were saying here that sony and their 3 captured "hackers" (which BTW we don´t really know if they are hackers and the ones who attacked sony or just scapegoats), were going to be a great example to stop hackers???......
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Soooo...where are the guys who were saying here that sony and their 3 captured "hackers" (which BTW we don´t really know if they are hackers and the ones who attacked sony or just scapegoats), were going to be a great example to stop hackers???......
Posted: Jun 13th 2011 3:31PM Streeks1984 said
@Hunter141072
Beats me I dont trust the media all that much anyways...so for all i know this could all be made up.
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Beats me I dont trust the media all that much anyways...so for all i know this could all be made up.
Posted: Jun 13th 2011 4:21PM sonicspike41 said
@Hunter141072
Have those hackers gone to trial yet? Have they received a sentence yet? Did anyone truly believe that, even if an example was made out of them, every hacker around the world would suddenly stop hacking?
You make an example of people to stop some, not to stop all. There's usually no fool proof way to completely stop someone from doing something. "Where there's a will, there's a way."
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Have those hackers gone to trial yet? Have they received a sentence yet? Did anyone truly believe that, even if an example was made out of them, every hacker around the world would suddenly stop hacking?
You make an example of people to stop some, not to stop all. There's usually no fool proof way to completely stop someone from doing something. "Where there's a will, there's a way."
Posted: Jun 13th 2011 5:14PM (Unverified) said
@sonicspike41 You can always kill said person. That's pretty foolproof.
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Posted: Jun 13th 2011 6:40PM Hunter141072 said
@Lucky48
WRONG the ones arrested where THREE GUYS who we don´t know if they are hackers, and we don´t know if they did the attack against sony. Everybody here celebrated like if Osama would´ve been killed again, but nobody really knows if those guys are really responsible for the whole "sonygate" or if they are nothing but scapegoats. And here we are again with another hacker attack.......
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WRONG the ones arrested where THREE GUYS who we don´t know if they are hackers, and we don´t know if they did the attack against sony. Everybody here celebrated like if Osama would´ve been killed again, but nobody really knows if those guys are really responsible for the whole "sonygate" or if they are nothing but scapegoats. And here we are again with another hacker attack.......
Posted: Jun 14th 2011 5:07PM sonicspike41 said
@(Unverified)
I'll come back a ghost if I can haunt you and float around your room.
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I'll come back a ghost if I can haunt you and float around your room.
Posted: Jun 13th 2011 2:33PM Dance Mofo said
I Hate HACKERS!!! The interwebz, i must admit, is a blessing and a curse.
Posted: Jun 13th 2011 3:29PM Stevetrop Man of Mystery said
@Dance Mofo
Its funny how Hollywood romanticized hackers as these digital rebels, outsiders, that was so strange that they were cool, they fought for digital justice and went toe to toe with "the man".
Hackers come in all styles. Some want to steal, some want to make a point, some do it for lulz, in the end some one or some individuals will pay the price.
While some looking at the situation may embrace the hackers saying they have a right to hack, that what they are doing is right, or they are trying to stand up. They could only embrace it so long until something they use or their credit information is compromised.
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Its funny how Hollywood romanticized hackers as these digital rebels, outsiders, that was so strange that they were cool, they fought for digital justice and went toe to toe with "the man".
Hackers come in all styles. Some want to steal, some want to make a point, some do it for lulz, in the end some one or some individuals will pay the price.
While some looking at the situation may embrace the hackers saying they have a right to hack, that what they are doing is right, or they are trying to stand up. They could only embrace it so long until something they use or their credit information is compromised.
Posted: Jun 13th 2011 4:06PM barrit said
@ijustw1n
The main thing I fear is some silly government regulations put on the Internet or on our ISPs because of all this senseless bs. O well, as they say.. there's always a few people who ruin it for everyone. Hopefully some crazy regulation isn't the outcome, but as things are getting so out of hand, I'm sure it isn't that far fetched of an idea.
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The main thing I fear is some silly government regulations put on the Internet or on our ISPs because of all this senseless bs. O well, as they say.. there's always a few people who ruin it for everyone. Hopefully some crazy regulation isn't the outcome, but as things are getting so out of hand, I'm sure it isn't that far fetched of an idea.
Posted: Jun 13th 2011 7:10PM wallywallas said
@Anticrawl
If you make, distribute or sell narcotics, you deserve to go to jail.
Cracker, hackers, etc.... are all the same to me. Get them all in jail and throw away the key.
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If you make, distribute or sell narcotics, you deserve to go to jail.
Cracker, hackers, etc.... are all the same to me. Get them all in jail and throw away the key.
Posted: Jun 14th 2011 4:49AM zippolight2002 said
@ceetheman If you were following their twitter account you would have gotten your wish. They posted 100+ hacked porn admin accounts for various sites.
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Posted: Jun 13th 2011 2:33PM Faris Hilton said
God damn...
I remember when hackers were cool and reminded everyone of the matrix and what not,
Now, all we get is angry loners who want cyber domination from their mom's basement.
Cut off basement Internet and microwave burritos and you cut off their life line.
I remember when hackers were cool and reminded everyone of the matrix and what not,
Now, all we get is angry loners who want cyber domination from their mom's basement.
Cut off basement Internet and microwave burritos and you cut off their life line.
Posted: Jun 13th 2011 2:44PM Copybass Ah jeez zombies said
@PolishMountainMan
Typing with poor grammar is one thing, spelling Wrong incorrectly when saying someone's wrong about something is just fail.
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Typing with poor grammar is one thing, spelling Wrong incorrectly when saying someone's wrong about something is just fail.
Posted: Jun 13th 2011 3:09PM kentuckyfried said
@Faris Hilton
I thought they preferred the food-like substance called hot pockets.
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I thought they preferred the food-like substance called hot pockets.
Posted: Jun 13th 2011 4:47PM The Cole Train said
@Copybass Ah jeez zombies
It's funny cause you criticize somebody for bad grammar when you capitalize wrong for no reason and forget to put an "a" in front of fail. If anybody has failed, it's you.
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It's funny cause you criticize somebody for bad grammar when you capitalize wrong for no reason and forget to put an "a" in front of fail. If anybody has failed, it's you.
Posted: Jun 13th 2011 2:35PM MLS said
I'm not sure if it ever was alive in the first place, but surely now the concept of a "righteous hack" on a video game company is dead. Just stop.
Posted: Jun 13th 2011 2:54PM MLS said
@PR0F3TA
Spurious. You just pulled that insult out of nowhere. Prove it.
You can look up my profile and all my back posts. When have I ever stuck my neck out for hackers? Let me save you the time, I haven't. Even in that post, I gave no credence to it being praiseworthy at any time in the past. And I don't even play Bethesda games! So both parts of your accusations are untrue.
There is a post though that proves you pointlessly start trouble with random people on the internet, spewing made up drivel. You just made it.
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Spurious. You just pulled that insult out of nowhere. Prove it.
You can look up my profile and all my back posts. When have I ever stuck my neck out for hackers? Let me save you the time, I haven't. Even in that post, I gave no credence to it being praiseworthy at any time in the past. And I don't even play Bethesda games! So both parts of your accusations are untrue.
There is a post though that proves you pointlessly start trouble with random people on the internet, spewing made up drivel. You just made it.
Posted: Jun 13th 2011 7:22PM Heisenberg said
@PR0F3TA
Goddamn Profeta, you're just jumping on everyone's back today aren't you? First knocking people for joking around and now this. I know it's a misunderstanding, but just chill, take a deep breath, and relax. These people aren't your enemies!
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Goddamn Profeta, you're just jumping on everyone's back today aren't you? First knocking people for joking around and now this. I know it's a misunderstanding, but just chill, take a deep breath, and relax. These people aren't your enemies!
Posted: Jun 13th 2011 2:36PM Misfit Toy said
Good... grief... sigh.
Posted: Jun 13th 2011 2:36PM PR0F3TA said
so where are all those assh@ts who said "Sony deserved to get hacked cause how they treated hackers..." what about Bathesda or Square? do they deserve it too. This whole hacking stuff maybe blown out of proportion for now, but how long until they hack something that REALLY holds your sensitive info
Posted: Jun 13th 2011 2:50PM DreadArrow said
@PR0F3TA
"but how long until they hack something that REALLY holds your sensitive info"
You mean something like the IMF?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13740591
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"but how long until they hack something that REALLY holds your sensitive info"
You mean something like the IMF?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13740591
Posted: Jun 13th 2011 4:05PM PointlessPuppies said
@PR0F3TA
This makes the rage at Sony the past few months all the stupider. People singling out Sony for being horrible at everything from security to their relations to consumer, etc., seems all the sillier when completely innocent companies are getting hacked like it's going out of style.
When do we start seeing the "Serves Bethesda right for all the crap they did to hackers", "Epic had HORRIBLE and INEXCUSABLY BAD security because they got hacked" and "Codemasters took AN ETERNITY to inform me of this hack!!1!!!!Shift+1!!" catcalls? Oh right, we probably won't. When it happens to Sony it's because they're "evil" and "stupid", but when it happens to everyone else it's "unfortunate" and the work of those "damn hackers".
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This makes the rage at Sony the past few months all the stupider. People singling out Sony for being horrible at everything from security to their relations to consumer, etc., seems all the sillier when completely innocent companies are getting hacked like it's going out of style.
When do we start seeing the "Serves Bethesda right for all the crap they did to hackers", "Epic had HORRIBLE and INEXCUSABLY BAD security because they got hacked" and "Codemasters took AN ETERNITY to inform me of this hack!!1!!!!Shift+1!!" catcalls? Oh right, we probably won't. When it happens to Sony it's because they're "evil" and "stupid", but when it happens to everyone else it's "unfortunate" and the work of those "damn hackers".
Posted: Jun 13th 2011 2:38PM TheShaper said
1337 haxx0rz, it got old, move along please.
Posted: Jun 13th 2011 2:54PM Faris Hilton said
Funny? Why would it be funny?
Also, on a totally unrelated note. Do you live in your mom's basement? And is your microwave cover in red good from the inside due to bad microwaving technique?
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Also, on a totally unrelated note. Do you live in your mom's basement? And is your microwave cover in red good from the inside due to bad microwaving technique?
Posted: Jun 13th 2011 2:39PM supersonic124 said
Why are all the hackers attacking all the gaming companies now? F****** lowlifes.
Posted: Jun 13th 2011 2:43PM PR0F3TA said
@supersonic124
because assh0les decided to praise them so much after Sony... you realize the attention that hack got. Worldwide. Why stop now... and btw its not only gaming companies, in the past month Bank of America and Lockeed Martin both had intrusions, and in BoA case, they actually got away with CC# but apparently no security codes
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because assh0les decided to praise them so much after Sony... you realize the attention that hack got. Worldwide. Why stop now... and btw its not only gaming companies, in the past month Bank of America and Lockeed Martin both had intrusions, and in BoA case, they actually got away with CC# but apparently no security codes
Posted: Jun 13th 2011 2:41PM Hyne said
This is seriously just stupid. I've been tired a long time ago reading everyone and their mother getting hacked and now it's actually gotten to the point I'm frustrated. Getting your fame because you hacked a company isn't memorable. I'm sure there are by far easier ways of doing that while at the same time having people out there think you're actually a decent a person.
And the whole I'm showing them their system isn't secure so I'm actually helping them excuse is a load of BS.
God I can't believe this has become a trend. WE'RE SUCH REBELS GUYZ! *snort*
And the whole I'm showing them their system isn't secure so I'm actually helping them excuse is a load of BS.
God I can't believe this has become a trend. WE'RE SUCH REBELS GUYZ! *snort*








