Website attack 'will only affect e-store customers and email subscribers', source says
The sensitive personal information from ‘thousands’ of Codemasters customers has been compromised in a new network attack, Develop has learned.
Earlier, Codemasters published an open letter which warned that its websites have been accessed by unauthorised users.
Develop has been told by a studio source that the number affected could “comfortably be [counted] in the thousands”.
Those who buy Codemasters games, either from retail or digitally, will not be affected, Develop has been told. This includes customers who play Codemasters games online across platforms such as Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network.
The data breach specifically affects customers who register to Codemasters’ online promotions – such as email news alerts – or people who have bought games on Codemasters’ online store.
Codemasters has taken down its websites following the attack. The firm has begun a mass-email operation where all customers on its database will be informed of the breach.
[An Example of that email can be found below]
Data thought to have been compromised includes customer names and addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers and encrypted passwords.
Codemasters says it can only assume that data had been taken, but cannot prove such an incident occurred.
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