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Hackers Swipe Unreleased Game From Ubisoft

Posted by Soulskill on from the somehow-not-stymied-by-DRM dept.

hypnosec writes with news that a group of Russian hackers has compromised the security of Ubisoft's digital distribution platform, uPlay, finding a way for users of the service to download any of its games for free. What makes this particularly notable is that the hackers found a copy of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, an unreleased spin-off of Far Cry 3 that hasn't even been officially announced (except as part of an April Fool's joke). The hackers posted a half-hour of gameplay footage to YouTube, and Ubisoft took uPlay down to fix the security vulnerability. They say no user information was compromised.

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  1. What did they expect? by fox171171 · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's what they get for being "always on".

    1. Re:What did they expect? by peragrin · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The only thing to really say is.

      "And nothing of value was lost."

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  2. Marketing stunt? by InsaneLampshade · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Is it all just one big marketing stunt?

  3. Silly Russians. by conspirator23 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't they know that zero-day warez are supposed to be leaked by employees?

  4. Irony? by adunstan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Assuming this wasn't done as a huge publicity stunt, isn't it just hilariously ironic that a DRM system designed to prevent (or at the very least slow down) piracy was used to access a game that hasn't even been announced yet? I hope this is used as a message to further show how futile attempts at stopping piracy like this are and how they actually hurt the paying customer.

  5. Re:"oops" by kelemvor4 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If the full (playable, obviously) game's not on a torrent site somewhere, it's probably just a publicity stunt. Yes, the hackers could be looking to blackmail Ubisoft, but there's really no point. It's not like the game's not going to eventually end up on some torrent site after release anyway. All Ubisoft would have to do is ignore the hackers and change the game a bit here and there maybe add some more levels or whatnot, tweak the ending, and call that final.

    https://thepiratebay.gl/search/far%20cry%203%20blood%20dragon/0/99/0

  6. Unreleased game, footage of it being played?? by swilde23 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Either the hackers are also great bug fixers, or the game was more ready for prime-time then some of the crap that is marked "gold".

    I wish someone would hack my computer, and fix all my bugs :(

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