Game publishers just can’t seem to catch a break this year, it seems at least once a month someone needs to get hacked - with the latest victim being Japanese publisher Square Enix.
The company has announced that their Square Enix Members service has been taken down due an intrusion in one of their servers.
The service was taken down 10pm (PST) on December 12th, 2011, and at this point still remains inaccessible. The publisher is continuing to investigate whether or not any personal information has been released - and though they cannot give a solid answer they believe that the most important data has not been leaked.
There is also no need to worry about credit card information being stolen - as that was not stored on the affected server.
Here’s the official word from Square Enix:
The Square Enix Members service awards Square Enix fans with access to prizes and other complimentary items - think of it like the Club Nintendo program. The service itself is optional, so seeing as this is not an integral feature to any of the publisher’s games, it’s likely you’ll have to worry about your information being leaked - unless you’ve ever signed up as a Square Enix Member.
In any case, these hacks are becoming an annoying trend. Early this year we saw Sony’s PSN get hacked, with widespread compromise of user information, and more recently the Steam Forums were attacked. Yes, hacking is inevitable no matter what security protocols companies employ, but it’s the frequency of these hacks that’s more worrying. Hopefully we’ll start seeing less of this in the new year.
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Source: GoNintendo
