Ubisoft investigating compromised Uplay accounts
A wave of account hacks hit Ubisoft's Uplay service this week, resulting in a 15-page forum thread of around 100 gamers reporting their inability to play games like Far Cry 3 and Assassin's Creed 3, some of whom claim to have used secure, randomly generated passwords. Most say they received email notifications that the email address attached to their accounts were changed to a one using a Russian domain, indicating a single hacker or group behind the scheme. In a response to GameSpy, Ubisoft confirmed that "a limited number" of accounts have been "compromised," but that no personal or financial details of customers were exposed. That's a relief, at least, but how did this happen?
Ubisoft declined to comment about whether the hacks happened on its end or through some manner of phishing scheme, saying only that "Ubisoft is working hard to find a solution. Meanwhile, we encourage users to set strong passwords (including numbers and capital letters) for Uplay and other online accounts to reduce the risk in the future."
