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2011 — Epic Games: The Epic Games websites and forums were hacked

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Data compromised

Personal information

Technical writeup

The Epic Games websites and forums were hacked.  Hackers may have obtained the email addresses and encrypted passwords of forum users.  There is a possibility that hackers may be able to decrypt the passwords.  Epic Games reset all passwords and sent new ones to users.  Users should also make different passwords for other accounts if their Epic password is the same as the one used for those accounts.  No financial information was exposed by the attack.

Root cause

Hacking

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