Bioware forums hacked. Are our accounts in jeopardy?

[In Flames]

BioWare's Neverwinter Nights forums hacked, EA Account information at risk | Joystiq

And here we thought we'd get through a whole day without a hacking story. BioWare Edmonton Studio GM Aaryn Flynn sent out an email tonight alerting users of its "decade-old BioWare server system supporting the Neverwinter Nights forums." As with the Sega Pass hack, BioWare asserts that there is no danger of loss of credit card data, but other information -- like "user names, encrypted passwords, email addresses, mailing addresses, names, phone numbers, CD keys and birth dates" from EA Accounts may have been taken. These are the same EA Accounts used for online EA games, so it has significance beyond just forums for some old game.

The email includes a password change link, and -- also like the Sega Pass hack -- BioWare took the precaution of changing everyone's passwords immediately. Of course, if you used the same password for any other site that you used for your EA Account, you should change that too. Should you have more questions, EA has posted a brief FAQ about the hack.

Just wondering if this pertains to our accounts or not. Word from an official source would be much appreciated.

 

[Lord Frodo]

EA has posted a brief FAQ about the hack

Q: How extensive was BioWare’s data breach?
A: The only server system known to have been affected by the unauthorized attack was that supporting BioWare Edmonton’s Neverwinter Nights forums.

This was from your own link. Kind of answers your question for you.

 

[Woodsman]

Just wondering if this pertains to our accounts or not.

Stratics' UO forums are not official BioWare forums.

 

[georox]

Stratics' UO forums are not official BioWare forums.

I think he meant our Ultima accounts, since "These are the same EA Accounts used for online EA games, so it has significance beyond just forums for some old game."

 

[Zosimus]

In Flames is wanting an official word from a UO dev that UO accounts are safe. That is my take on it. Since the UO devs post on here and he made the post it here was more to the UO devs to clarify not Bioware on stratics.

 

[Petra Fyde]

BioWare took the precaution of changing everyone's passwords immediately

If we were affected our normal passwords wouldn't work? That's if I'm understanding that.

 

[Nexus]

If you owned a copy of Neverwinter Nights, and it was registered to the same EA Profile as any EA Store purchases then possibly. Thing is they changed everyone who was effected's password so you'll have to do a reset to access your account.


But as a good rule of thumb. If you are worried manually change your password now.

 

[In Flames]

Hah, I suppose I didn't read it well enough. Apologies, it was past my bed time and I was quite tired.

 

[Nimuaq]

Maybe EA engineers closed MyUO as a safety precaution too:

MyUO is offline | Mythic Entertainment | Ultima Online

or maybe even better, the website is being updated.

 

[Cear Dallben Dragon]

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