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EA hacked, loses Frostbite and FIFA source code
Posted on 6/11/21 at 10:46 pm
Posted on 6/11/21 at 10:46 pm
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frick em I guess?
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Hackers tapped into servers at Electronic Arts on Thursday, making off with key game files for popular titles, including FIFA 21. The data is now reportedly up for sale on the dark web.
The hackers claim to have made off with 780GB of data from EA servers, including the source code for FIFA 21 and the code for its matchmaking server, Vice reported. Also snatched: the source code for Frostbite, the engine that powers popular EA titles like Battlefield, the news outlet said.
frick em I guess?
This post was edited on 6/11/21 at 10:48 pm
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Posted on 6/11/21 at 10:59 pm to MaroonMonsoon
What doesn't it even mean to have a source code stolen? Free games?
Posted on 6/11/21 at 11:29 pm to tketaco
Probably for the best since most free lance guys could fix the POS that is the frostbite engine 
Posted on 6/12/21 at 1:48 am to MaroonMonsoon
Is this a form of anti-ransomware, where the hacker threatens to make all extras and loot crates available for free without premium purchases?
Posted on 6/12/21 at 3:04 am to tketaco
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What doesn't it even mean to have a source code stolen
Often people can cheat with impunity, and there's nothing the developer can do about it.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 6:02 am to tketaco
I think it amounts to nothing other than they can say they have the source code. If it ever gets used in another game, EA would just sue the shite out of them.
Posted on 6/12/21 at 11:03 am to MaroonMonsoon
From the Vice article:
What a fricking clown show. If someone loses their phone (and therefore MFA), we don't just give them access to the damn network.
EA wasn't hacked. Their helpdesk are a bunch of idiots and just gave them the damn credentials.
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"Once inside the chat, we messaged a IT Support members we explain to them we lost our phone at a party last night," the representative said.
The hackers then requested a multifactor authentication token from EA IT support to gain access to EA's corporate network. The representative said this was successful two times
What a fricking clown show. If someone loses their phone (and therefore MFA), we don't just give them access to the damn network.
EA wasn't hacked. Their helpdesk are a bunch of idiots and just gave them the damn credentials.
This post was edited on 6/12/21 at 11:05 am
Posted on 6/12/21 at 3:39 pm to tketaco
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What doesn't it even mean to have a source code stolen?
Game or engine = highly complex dish at world class restaurant
Source code = the recipe
Posted on 6/12/21 at 3:44 pm to Centinel
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EA wasn't hacked. Their helpdesk are a bunch of idiots and just gave them the damn credentials.
That and their "dynamic knowledge-based authentication" procedures were poor.
Posted on 6/13/21 at 7:12 am to bluebarracuda
quote:Honestly came to post something similar.
Probably for the best since most free lance guys could fix the POS that is the frostbite engine
Bet devs across the company are high fiving at the loss of frostbite
Posted on 6/14/21 at 3:28 pm to MaroonMonsoon
Does this mean they will be scrapping Frostbite for another engine?
If so, maybe BioWare employees leaked it because they are tired of designing in an engine not meant for what EA tried to use it for.
If so, maybe BioWare employees leaked it because they are tired of designing in an engine not meant for what EA tried to use it for.
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