British game developer Codemasters, who develops games for almost every platform out there, has had its site breached and has had ‘tens of thousands’ of customers’ personal data stolen. According to the BBC:
The firm described the data theft as "significant" saying names, addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth were all taken on 3 June.
The company has since taken its website offline and visitors are now directed to Codemasters’ Facebook page for the meantime. This is yet another example of companies learning the hard way that IT security infrastructure is not something that should be neglected.
Details on who was responsible for the theft and methods used to carry out the attack are as of yet unknown.
Interesting article about how the US is planning on handling the aging security infrastructure in the US. The issue has become more pressing lately because of high-profile breaches that have garnered peoples’ attention towards how safe not only the government is; but their personal data on government computers as well. More here:
