Codemasters website hacked and customer data leaked
Hackers attacked one more gaming company website. This time british video game development company CodeMaster has been hacked and it's customer data has been stolen. According to reports this intrusion was done on 3rd june but company took 3 weeks to detect this. This is again a hit on cyber world by hackers.
company informed it's customer about this attack via email. But 1 thing is really good for the company that it uses external payment gateway and stored no information about payment in it's server.
Now the website is offline and will be offline till it's rebuild. The new version is expected to be launched sometime later this year.The company is advising customers to change their passwords on all Codemasters properties, as well as other online websites where they might have used them.
"Please note that Codemasters will never ask you for any payment data such as credit card numbers or bank account details, nor will Codemasters ask you for passwords or other personal identifying data. Be aware too of fraudulent emails that may outwardly appear to be from Codemasters with links inviting you to visit websites," the company stresses.
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