Attackers gain access to Ubisoft customer data

Unknown attackers have gained access to Ubisoft's systems. The company has informed its customers and requested that they change their passwords. In the message to its customers, Ubisoft says that the attackers harvested users' account details including names, email addresses and encrypted passwords. The company said that payment information such as customers' bank details and credit card data was not affected by the attack because it isn't stored on Ubisoft's system.

Attackers gain access to Ubisoft

The customer alert email initially caused confusion among recipients as its poor wording caused users to believe that it was a phishing attempt; howe ver, the emails genuinely originated from Ubisoft. The H's associates at heise Security are communicating with Ubisoft representatives, and further details will be provided as soon as they become available.

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