Bethesda hacked. Again.

[SirCannonFodder]

After being down for most of a day, the Bethesda Softworks Forums are back up, with this [http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1220327-forum-breach/] announcement from the community manager:

We have identified a potential breach of our forum user database that occurred Friday morning, Aug 12. We have reset your forum password as a precaution, in the event that any encrypted forum user passwords were compromised.

When you next try to login to the forums, your old password will not work. Click the I've forgotten my password link above, underneath the login boxes, and follow the steps to setup a new password for your account.

We recommend you do not use your old password or a password you have used for other sites. Further, if your old forum password was used for any other online purposes, we recommend changing the password on those accounts as well.

You will also receive an email with this information, sent to the email address you registered with on the forums.

Unlike the previous hack, which got just the Brink user data, this time they've likely gotten the login info of everyone on the BethSoft Forums. No word yet on who was responsible, but considering their lawsuit against Notch, it seems pretty likely to have been angry Minecraft fans.

 

[Miggiwoo]

This is what happens when you incite hatred from /b/tards. Not a justification, but when someone plays with fire, they should expect to be burned.

 

[migo]

I like Stephen Colbert's analogy of sticking your penis in a hornet's nest a lot better. It's also more apt.