Crytek have been possibly hacked, change your passwords.

Evanescence · Aug 10, 2013

You might have received an email saying somethng like below.

Apparently Crytek have been hacked or something. Just suggesting you to change all your password related to that.

It's pretty much saying this of multiple sources too. So i doubt it's a "fake" email. All website are back online i think. So change your pass ASAP, and DON'T use the same password everywhere.

"Dear XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX,

We recently became aware of suspicious activity relating to some of Crytek’s websites, and acted quickly to take those websites offline for security reasons.

The sites listed below are currently offline:

Crytek.com

Mycryengine.com

Crydev.net

MyCrysis.com

The following Crytek sites remain online and are not affected by these issues:

GFACE.com

Crysis.com

Warface.com

If you have an account at crydev.net or mycrysis.com, you will be asked to change your password next time you log in. If you use your current password anywhere else online, we would also suggest that you reset it at those sites.

We are working on getting all websites fully operational again as soon as possible. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience.

The Crytek Team"

Sari · Aug 10, 2013

I don't really see what this has to do with SR.

You Are The One · Aug 10, 2013

Probably because its a video game company so some users here may have accounts,

DataStorm · Aug 10, 2013

hmm, that is pretty old by now, it was last week or so.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...s-websites-after-suspicious-activity-detected

By Tom Phillips Published Monday, 5 August 2013
UPDATE: Crytek has told Eurogamer that it is "possible" that user account info may have been accessed during last weekend's security breach.
"Our Crytek.com, Mycryengine.com, Crydev.net and MyCrysis.com sites were all subject to a security breach that may have resulted in some users' login data being compromised," a Crytek spokesperson explained.
"Although it is uncertain whether the incident led to the copying and decryption of email addresses and passwords, it is possible that users with accounts at these websites have had personal data copied. On Friday afternoon we started to contact all affected users via email and informed them of the potential security breach.
"Next time account holders visit crydev.net, mycryengine.com or mycrysis.com, they will be asked to change their passwords during log in. We would like to reiterate our suggestion to account holders that they change their password for other locations online if it is the same as their login data for the affected Crytek sites.
"Final details of when our sites will be back online will be communicated as soon as possible. We're currently doing everything in our power to ensure our sites and, more importantly, our users, are not affected by such issues in future.
"Once again, we would like to offer our sincere apologies to everyone affected by this incident, and thank our users for the level of understanding they have shown."
ORIGINAL STORY: Crysis developer Crytek pulled a number of its websites offline last night following the detection of "suspicious activity".
Affected sites included Crytek.com, MyCrysis.com, Crydev.net and MyCryenginge.com. All four are currently inaccessible.
"This site is currently offline," a message on all removed sites states. "We recently became aware of suspicious activity relating to some of Crytek's websites, and acted quickly to take those websites offline for security reasons.
"We thank you for your patience, and expect to have these sites fully operational soon."
Site users have been contacted via email and told to change their password as soon as possible - although they must now wait until the sites return (thanks, Blue's News).
There's no word on when the sites will return, or what user details - if any - were at risk.
We've asked Crytek for more information.
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Crytek handled it, by requiring all users to change passwords.... its the users responsibility to keep passwords different at their email service etc, see also my mail guide:

http://forums.steamrep.com/threads/general-e-mail-security-considerations.17308/

PS: mycry, cry this and that, it made me pretty sad, Cry Cry and more Cry...

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