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2016 — Epic Games: Epic Games has temporarily shut down some of its…

2016 808.0K records affected Share on X

Data compromised

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Technical writeup

Epic Games has temporarily shut down some of its user forums for maintenance after data on about 808,000 accounts was stolen, marking the second data breach of the game maker in 13 months.The compromise involved several forums maintained by Epic Games, based in Cary, N.C., that center on games and developer tools.The most affected forums are Infinity Blade, UDK, Gears of War archives and those for previous Unreal Tournament games. Email addresses, hashed and salted passwords and data entered int

Root cause

Hacking

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