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Ubisoft Hacked, Account Data Compromised
Freshly Exhumed writes "There's a new security breach announcement over at the website of game publisher and developer Ubisoft today. Quoting:: 'We recently found that one of our Web sites was exploited to gain unauthorized access to some of our online systems. We instantly took steps to close off this access, to begin a thorough investigation with relevant authorities, internal and external security experts, and to start restoring the integrity of any compromised systems. During this process, we learned that data were illegally accessed from our account database, including user names, email addresses and encrypted passwords. No personal payment information is stored with Ubisoft, meaning your debit/credit card information was safe from this intrusion. As a result, we are recommending you to change your password by clicking this link.'"
I never wanted to sign up for your crappy service in the first place, but was forced to just so I could play a game I already legally purchased.
Fuck you, UbiSoft!
We never had this problem when I was playing Road Rash and Screamer and Doom and Quake and Duke Nukem, because the game publishers never had any personal info of ours to lose in a security breach. You paid your cash for the game, put the CD in, installed, and played.
In the late eighties we got rid of DRM by refusing to buy software with it. Lots of companies went out of business because of DRM. All they had to do was wait for a more gullible and docile generation to come along and bring it back.
DRM is the biggest reason I stopped gaming (that, and none of the new games were as good as the old ones, even if the artwork was better). I wonder how many other customers DRM has cost these morons? Keep shooting, ubisoft, you have more feet and bullets left.
I for one enjoy my non-purchased DRM bypassed games!
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