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• Pure Xbox Pure Xbox on x

  Electronic Arts Has Been Hit By A Cyber Attack, 780GB Of Data Allegedly Stolen

• @josephfcox Joseph Cox on x

  Scoop: games giant EA hacked. Hackers say they have 780GB of data, including source code for FIFA 21 and the Frostbite engine, used in games like Battlefield. EA confirmed breach and the items impacted. Hackers are trying to sell data on underground forums https://www.vice.com/..…

• @jimmyeatrose @jimmyeatrose on x

  Good job they didn't take on Activision. They'd need to come back for the rest of the Warzone update. https://twitter.com/...

• @beethovenus @beethovenus on x

  Please tell me they nabbed the Sims 4 source code so modders can actually make the game playable https://twitter.com/...

• @callumj Callum Jones on x

  Now you too can learn how to make subpar games with overpriced micro-transactions. https://twitter.com/...

• @joshhymannhl Josh Hyman on x

  Hackers ignored the NHL series, just like EA has done for the past decade https://twitter.com/...

• @lojikil @lojikil on x

  780GB of data is like what... 4 modern downloadable games plus a DLC? https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @lorenzofb Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on x

  NEW: Hackers claim to have stolen and are actively trying to sell 780 gigabytes of data from Electronic Arts, including source code for FIFA 21. EA confirmed data breach but said “a limited amount of game source code and related tools were stolen.” https://www.vice.com/...

• @j_o_n_a_than Jonathan on x

  Sell it back to them as DLC & microtransactions https://twitter.com/...

• @real_xi_jinping @real_xi_jinping on x

  780GB are like 5 modern games anyway, FIFA 21 being one of them probably sucks for those who got it https://twitter.com/...

• @blackpanthaayt BlackPanthaa on x

  Where them Frosty lads at 👀😂 https://twitter.com/...

• @tha_rami Rami Ismail on x

  If I was EA I'd just dare the hackers to try and make something with Frostbite tbh https://www.vice.com/...

• @diabsoule Couillon on x

  Don't care. Hack into Sallie Mae and cancel everyone's student loans. I double dog dare y'all https://twitter.com/...

• @akbarth3great Umair Akbar on x

  Data-thieving hackers strike again, stealing EA source code and police data https://arstechnica.com/...

• @quinnypig Corey Quinn on x

  The hackers are offering their data back for 10 BitCoin for the first 20GB, then a smaller amount for each additional file. https://twitter.com/...

• @worldsoccertalk @worldsoccertalk on x

  Hackers have stolen the FIFA 21 source code, according to a report. Imagine if the code could get into the hands of competitors 🤔 https://www.bbc.com/...

• @campuscodi Catalin Cimpanu on x

  Congrats to all the Battlefield cheat makers! https://twitter.com/...

• @tomwarren Tom Warren on x

  EA has been hacked, and the hackers say they've stolen 780GB of data that includes source code for FIFA 21 and the Frostbite engine used in Battlefield. Yikes. https://www.vice.com/...

• @ostx78 Karl on x

  The real story: “Disgruntled teens take it upon themselves to improve Battlefield 2042 and FIFA” https://twitter.com/...

• @bdsams Brad Sams on x

  Wow, they stole an entire Call of Duty https://twitter.com/...

• @jason @jason on x

  Make lemonade and open source the hacked projects @EA https://twitter.com/...

• @caseynewton Casey Newton on x

  If this code falls into the wrong hands, I shudder to think of the soccer game that someone will develop https://twitter.com/...

• @techjournalist Sean Kerner on x

  Guess those hackers will now literally know what's... in the game. https://twitter.com/...

• @josephfcox Joseph Cox on x

  Then once inside the main EA network, the hackers found another development service. They created a virtual machine, accessed another service, and downloaded the source code https://www.vice.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @josephfcox Joseph Cox on x

  Once inside the Slack, the hackers then pretended they were a worker who had lost their phone, so they needed their multifactor authentication code. EA IT support gave it https://www.vice.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @josephfcox Joseph Cox on x

  Started with hackers buying cookies online. These can save the login details for a user to a particular service; if you have that, you can potentially log in as them. The hackers did this to get into EA's Slack https://www.vice.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @josephfcox Joseph Cox on x

  New: here is how hackers broke into EA games and stole a ton of code/internal tools - bought cookie online for $10 - logged into EA Slack - trick IT support to give login token for EA network “We explain to them we lost our phone at a party last night” https://www.vice.com/...