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Update: GAME security hasn’t been compromised. The GAME websites have not been hacked, with no customer data compromised, the retailer has told MCV.
“At GAME we guard our customers’ details very carefully,” said GAME Group’s Anna-Marie Mason.
“We have thoroughly investigated the hacking claims made today by the website Pastebin, and can confirm that they are entirely false. The published email addresses are not registered users of GAME.co.uk, and there has been no breach of our database security.
“We would like to assure all our customers that their details are well protected, and advise anyone who has any questions to contact our customer services team via the website, our Facebook page or Twitter account.”
Original story
Troubled UK video games retailer GAME is the latest firm to find itself in hot water, after hackers breached its online security and exposed customer data.
Information, including customer email addresses and passwords stored in plain text are reported to have been obtained and then posted on the internet for all to see.
There’s no indication that payment and credit card data was taken.
GAME is yet to offer an official comment.
GAME is the latest firm to be affected by a string of security breaches, including Sony, Valve, Nintendo and Bethesda.
Although unconfirmed, anyone with a GAME account should change their password to be on the safe side. Likewise, if you use the same email address and password combination for other websites, you should also do your best to change these too.
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