Det ser ud til, at der er gået sport i at hacke spilfirmaers hjemmesider med mere. Codemasters stod for skud i sidste uge, og nu rapporterer både Nintendo og Epic om hacker-angreb.
"We have learnt of a possible phishing threat to users of the European Nintendo website which we are currently investigating," Skriver Nintendo Europe.
Epic Games' Tim Sweeney skriver:
"Our Epic Games web sites and forums were recently hacked. We're working on getting them back up and running and expect everything to be restored in a few days. The hackers likely obtained the email addresses and encrypted passwords of forum users."
Nintendo holder således endnu kortene tæt til kroppen, mens Epic melder at der kan være sluppet passwords ud. Der skulle dog ikke være nogle kreditkortsdata blandt de følsomme informationer.