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EVE Online Endures Downtime Due to Breached Security
Gamasutra is reporting that a serious security breach caused the closure of EVE Online this past weekend. A previously-unnoticed anomaly in a database prompted CCP, makers of the game, to close down the game world and their website while the issue was examined. The flaw was rectified, and service restored the same day. No credit card or billing information was exposed in the breach. "Explained [CCP chief of operations Jón Hörðdal], 'What we discovered was an indication that one of our databases was being accessed through a security breach. Our policy in such cases is to mobilize a taskforce of internal and external experts to evaluate the situation.' Hörðdal said that the taskforce concluded that going completely dark so that an exhaustive scan could be performed was the best course of action. 'While some may feel that such a drastic reaction was not warranted, it is always our approach to err on the side of caution in order to protect the players,' he said."
Vote with your dick.
Should of been on WOW.....
But does it run linux?
They have a history of problems including charging credit cards when people cancelled their game over and over and over... I got burned by them financially so I changed my CC details and never went back EVER, wont ever again. Its unfortunate as I was getting into the game. This was a time bomb waiting to happen since they pissed so many people off. Will affected customers by this outtage get any compensation, I doubt it. The sooner people cancel in droves the better, give them a very painful message. FINANCIALLY as they did to us.
http://www.rense.com/general79/wdx1.htm
The corp lootings are inexcusable.
There are NO repercussions cause you can simply make a new character.
It only benefits the jerks, the sick, and the rich(irl) to allow it.
First of all, about the credit card data: bullshit. These guys are complete idiots, and exploiting their forums will get you access to the *only* database they use, which contains forum, game, and billing information. I don't know what exploit they think they fixed due to the amateur who fucked up and left weird crap in the database, but the exploit I used to get in is still there and still works, and they didn't remove the back door I installed either, so I've still got full access to the system at least.
And mods, its not trolling or flamebait to point out the obvious fact that the exploit is the result of their shitty code, and that the eve brown nosing douche bag submitter and editor try to gloss over this fact.