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EA hacked and source code stolen

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Re: EA hacked and source code stolen

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Post by agilob »

> 'No risk to players'

> "We are investigating a recent incident of intrusion into our network where a limited amount of game source code and related tools were stolen," an EA spokesperson said in a statement.

Valve hasn't fixed TF2 since source leaked over a year ago, game is still unplayable on most servers due to bots

Re: EA hacked and source code stolen

#6

Post by grawprog »

FranchuFranchu wrote: post #2

Hmm, I wonder if this will help the modding community

>The attackers claimed to have downloaded source code...for the proprietary Frostbite game engine used as the base for many other high-profile games.

Possibly...or it'll be used to make bots and hacks and such.

Re: EA hacked and source code stolen

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Post by pityJuke »

agilob wrote: post #4

> 'No risk to players' > "We are investigating a recent incident of intrusion into our network where a limited amount of game source code and related tools were stolen," an EA spokesperson said in a statement. Valve hasn't fixed TF2 since source leaked over a year ago, game is still unplayable on most servers due to bots

What are you on about? The TF2 Source leak has not revealed any new vulnerabilities, and is not the cause of the bot infestation. Valve's inability to maintain a game, sure, but it isn't related.

Re: EA hacked and source code stolen

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Post by A4ET8a8uTh0 »

Eh. I have reluctantly accepted Steam as my game store / thinly hidden mandated DRM. I am unwilling to accept Origin on top of it so I guess I am mildly safe in this case.

All my usual musings aside including distate for all things EA, I would absolutely want to see mass effect code.

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