Ubisoft Reveals Online Security Breach
- Thread starter Andy Chalk
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I think it's good that I signed up to Uplay with my spam-ready email. I'm going to be on a lot of mailing lists again.
And as usual, encrypted passwords mean it's unlikely anything will be compromised. I don't have any of my MMO accounts on this password or email anyway the only things of any value that MIGHT share a password (but not an email adress) are easy to prove as mine and keep control of. Yay for being reasonably security conscious.
That said, it's about time I did a big password change across the board. That is not fun.
And as usual, encrypted passwords mean it's unlikely anything will be compromised. I don't have any of my MMO accounts on this password or email anyway the only things of any value that MIGHT share a password (but not an email adress) are easy to prove as mine and keep control of. Yay for being reasonably security conscious.
That said, it's about time I did a big password change across the board. That is not fun.
Dammit Ubi! I not only have to go through my active games, but will also have to do so for a friend of mine who is less security paranoid conscientious.
I had finally gotten comfortable with Uplay despite the webbrowser vulnerability affair from before.
Guess what, Ubi, I'm dropping my price point 25% for games that require Uplay. You cost me time. Now you won't cost me so much money. Drop Uplay. Drop DRM and I'll forgive you.
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I had finally gotten comfortable with Uplay despite the webbrowser vulnerability affair from before.
Guess what, Ubi, I'm dropping my price point 25% for games that require Uplay. You cost me time. Now you won't cost me so much money. Drop Uplay. Drop DRM and I'll forgive you.
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When Uplay demanded my email address, I raged and hunted down temporary email services (like Slopsbox but they've since dissolved.)TheEvilCheese said:
here [https://www.guerrillamail.com/].
So yeah, if only email addies are all that was compromised I'll be okay. And, Nobody sells me a game and then tells me I have to give up privacy in order to play it.
Actually, thanks to the whole NSA surveillance fiasco, I've been learning to shift my habits with the intent of shifting towards end-to-end encryption. The Pirate Party guys point out that the first step is to start taking passwords seriously. We've become lazy with websites that will happily email or reset your password if you forget it. Encrypt your archives and forget the password, and they're gone!
I've also been considering developing passwords that are not shoulder-surfable. Taking a page from XKCD [https://xkcd.com/1105/] using randomly alternating 1s and ls (and Os and Qs and 0s and...) But again, that may be going to a paranoid extreme.
01QQlOO000lQ0O1Q!
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Exactly. One account for this stuff is fine, but I was forced to sign up for Uplay to play Blood Dragon which I got off Steam. Now I have to worry about this too? Just wait until every publisher does this bullshit on pc's so you'll have sensitive data on 20 different accountsCallate said:
Edit: Fuck Ubisoft. I can't even change my password because it keeps giving an error message that says "enable cookies" which are enabled. After trying on 3 different browsers, I looked up the error and found it on Ubisoft's facebook page. Apparently its code for "site is down for maintenance". Fuck. Ubisoft.
Well well. Looks like those with the common sense to tell Ubisoft to Fuck off when they said always on and have stuck to it are coming out of this shit storm smelling like a rose.
Moral to the story... dont put info online and it can never be stolen by online hackers.
Moral to the story... dont put info online and it can never be stolen by online hackers.
I don't remember if I even had a Ubisoft account. The main email I've used for years now is apparently not in their databases, so if I do have it, it would be with a different one. But I can't remember even half of the email accounts I've had over the years.
This might be a problem...
This might be a problem...
Alot of people use the same passwords etc between sites, so while the Ubisoft site may not be of value, with those details they can go to another site and login to get more info or steal money etc. Also useful for identity theft.kailus13 said:
probably every major release. a few hackers know a way to get into ubisoft servers and they can easily cut down thier DRMs this way, and since ubsisoft fail to update their security for what 4 years now they keep on coming in when they want.VladG said:
Fuck you very much, Ubisoft. You force me to create a damn UPlay account just to get into AC2, and then you screw up in keeping my info safe. It's not your fault I now need to update my passwords on at least 10 different websites, but the point is I shouldn't have to. So fuck you all the same.
Getting real tired of all this shit. Companies should be fined or forced to compensate customers whose privacy is infringed when data is stolen. No excuses. If you want us to make accounts for everything, that should come with a responsibility to keep data safe.
Quote me when you get this and look at what I did. It requires some basic math and coding skills, but nothing that a pen/pencil and a post-it can't easily remedy.sleeky01 said:
As you can see, you have to use the code '&start' with the '=' sign directly after what you pasted from the video link. Then, for where you want the video to start, you calculate in seconds when you want the video to start playing. If you also wish to end the video at a certain time, you use '&end' followed by the '=' symbol with the time also calculated in seconds. This is very helpful in using a particular video for informational purposes and for comedic effect.
If a person uses the same password for multiple sites, email accounts, etc, then all they need is an email address and password, whereupon they can log into your email, request password resets/reminders for other sites, etc, and essentially they could end up with full access to your paypal account, online banking, etc.kailus13 said:
The financial bits are probably unaffected, but I assume you still have a uplay account that can be accessed by the hackers. Most Ubisoft games use a second account separate from Steam. So you should probably try changing you yuplay password.Darks63 said:
