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European games trade bodies concerned by EU Facebook data verdict News Jul 17th, 2020

European games trade bodies concerned by EU Facebook data verdict

Ruling says that information of its citizens isn't protected strongly enough in the US

Roblox worker bribed by hacker for user information News May 5th, 2020

Roblox worker bribed by hacker for user information

To prove a point, apparently

FIFA 20 Global Series website leaked personal details of players, EA confirms News Oct 4th, 2019

FIFA 20 Global Series website leaked personal details of players, EA confirms

Comes one day after the publishing giant started trying to get users to make their accounts more secure

EA is encouraging users to increase account security News Oct 3rd, 2019

EA is encouraging users to increase account security

Account holders will get Origin Access for free in November if enable two-factor authentication

Epic’s “aggressive fraud rules” are blocking users for buying too many games News May 21st, 2019

Epic’s “aggressive fraud rules” are blocking users for buying too many games

Fraud protection and conspicuously-missing shopping cart are behind the aggressive security action

Epic promises further store security features are on their way News Apr 18th, 2019

Epic promises further store security features are on their way

Alarmingly basic features like email sign-up verification are coming this year

Two hackers given jail time following multimillion dollar Microsoft and Nintendo breach News Apr 1st, 2019

Two hackers given jail time following multimillion dollar Microsoft and Nintendo breach

Security researcher Zammis Clark accessed over 43,000 Microsoft files and stole a number of Nintendo emails and passwords

Roblox ups security efforts with online safety veteran hire Job News Jan 17th, 2019

Roblox ups security efforts with online safety veteran hire

Long-term consultant Laura Higgins becomes the company's first director of digital civility

RGB strips may be leaving Asus and Gigabyte PCs open for attack News Dec 20th, 2018

RGB strips may be leaving Asus and Gigabyte PCs open for attack

But both manufacturers are reluctant to admit to software vulnerabilities

Hackers leak personal data for over 400,000 furry erotica game subscribers News Nov 23rd, 2018

Hackers leak personal data for over 400,000 furry erotica game subscribers

Leaked information included names, addresses and emails, but no financial data

Valve awards security researcher $20,000 after discovering limitless free game codes exploit News Nov 13th, 2018

Valve awards security researcher $20,000 after discovering limitless free game codes exploit

Developer accounts were found to be able to generate thousands of codes for any game on Steam

Epic’s Tim Sweeney strikes out against Oculus’ “closed platform” News Nov 5th, 2018

Epic’s Tim Sweeney strikes out against Oculus’ “closed platform”

CEO continues his campaign against closed ecosystems with the VR giant

Jagex confirms payment info is safe after Old School Runescape developer stole from players News Sep 25th, 2018

Jagex confirms payment info is safe after Old School Runescape developer stole from players

One player reported 45 billion gold mission after a moderator abused privileges to steal from accounts

E3, PAX and GDC among events responding to security concerns following Jacksonville shooting News Aug 29th, 2018

E3, PAX and GDC among events responding to security concerns following Jacksonville shooting

Madden Classic tragedy raises questions over how security is handled at live gaming events

"Safety is our top priority," says Roblox after in-game sexual assault News Jul 19th, 2018

"Safety is our top priority," says Roblox after in-game sexual assault

Developer responds to the recent sexual assault of a seven year old child in its game

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