Security News Roundup: EA's Origin Platform, Adobe Forum Supposedly Hacked; Skyp

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Origin is a disaster in my opinion anyway, and I wouldn't be using it if it wasn't forced upon me for battlefield 3. It will be the last straw if some Russian hacks my account......
 
EA, seriously, again?! I have had more problems with my Origin account for 1 game over the course of 11 months than I've had for over 80 Steam games in 8 years. Unbelievable. EA needs to put its money into hiring security experts. I don't trust EA.
 
Eurogamer points to threads on NeoGAF detailing numerous complaints from EA Origin users. Many have also reported that they've been completely locked out of their account, and faced a reluctant EA support team.
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I disagree on the security experts part, instead of this half baked thing called Origin they need to stop the attempt at a money grab and use steam.

Do agree with the rest.
 
my account got hacked
you cant contact ea without an account

fantastic.

seriously, any origin enabled game i will NEVER buy,
goog bye sim city, seeing as how they can CHANGE THE USER NAME so you have no access to the account, its sickening.

oh, and here is the kicker, you only get online chat. no email, no phone number. chat....

i barely type 23 words a minute, and i suck at writing on the fly, fan (sanction avoinding word) tastic.
 
[citation][nom]kcorp2003[/nom]this nonsense argument about which digital platform a publisher should use or not, needs to stop. I miss the old days.[/citation]

oh yay, my account got hijacked, and without an EMAIL CONFIRMATION had my username changed.
the most basic of basic security measures, and they couldn't even do that.
 
[citation][nom]alidan[/nom]oh yay, my account got hijacked, and without an EMAIL CONFIRMATION had my username changed. the most basic of basic security measures, and they couldn't even do that.[/citation]

yea that sucks man i know. security major myself i know how these things are done.
 
My Origin account was also hijacked, thankfully i got it back relatively easy (i say relatively since it still took 3 hours)
While i was looking into how to contact EA support, which is a challenge all by itself, i noticed some hijacked accounts had their date of birth changed! Why the hell is this even changeable? its not like i get reborn every few months...
Problem is, you need your DOB and a CD key to restore the account. If the DOB is changed then you're screwed. Just requiring these 2 bits of information is bad too since the hijacker can get into your account by contacting EA support and giving them the same details, since origin shows your CD key and DOB ><

EA really need to step up their security, they at least need a secondary email and a better way to contact support (yay for having to register again). This is why i
 
[citation][nom]kcorp2003[/nom]yea that sucks man i know. security major myself i know how these things are done.[/citation]
but i dont, and i cant even express how angry i am about this crap here, i have to censor every sentance i say because im adding in words that will get me sanctions.

i mean i get it, crap gets hacked,
but they changed my user name
they changed the email
they changed the password
all without 1 confirmation.

my steam account got hacked a while back too, but they never got through before i changed my password because they needed to get into my email too, to get to my 4 diget code you have to answer whenever steam is opened on a different browser or computer.

most of my accounts have been hacked, or attempted to be hacked at one point in time or another, and they only got through once, and that was twitter that i dont use, just have because i thought it may have been usefull.

i cant understand why, on an online platform that takes a credit card information, they have such lax security.

i wanted sim city, i was going to put up with origin for it, but no, no no no no no no no no NO!

i will never return to that platform again, and i just want my account back for piece of mind, and nothing more.
 
Origin, yup don't trust EA they have proven time and time again their incompetent and greedy. I'd rather just give Steam my money so far they have proven to be a far more ethical company.
 
[citation][nom]kracker[/nom]F**k EA who cares. They probably deserved it.[/citation]

The players did not though, and they're the ones suffering. So %^$@ you instead.

Think of who's really affected here. It's not EA, they don't give a damn. It's the players who'd like to play ME3, BF3 and so on, and despite people hating on Origin (which is BS, at least the reasons they list: Origin has a big number of downsides compared to Steam - no regular sales, region locks etc. - but the USUAL reasons people list are just retarded... "OMG I HATE ORIGIN BECAUSE IT'S NOT STEAM") these are great games and no one should get away with stripping players who bought the games of access to them.

I'd be very, VERY upset if my Origin account got taken away from me, 'cause even though I own just one game - Mass Effect 3 - I enjoy the hell out of it, Origin or not. I'm glad I'm not affected, though from what I'm reading here, there isn't really much I can do to further secure my account 🙁
 
Honestly... I'll never use Origin because I already knew crap like this would happen.

I bought the entire ME trilogy, grabbed 3 from elsewhere, because I refuse to use Origin. Not because it isn't steam, but because it isn't safe, it is an inferior service, I don't feel comfortable putting my information anywhere near it.

So, good luck EA, and I wish the best to all of you that are affected, but this is another nail in the Origin coffin.
 
Perfect example of why EA's Origian and Valve's Steam are not always a perfect solution. Anything server "cloud" based is always vulnurable.
Have fun dealing with consiquences.
 
i've been hacked. contacted support 3 times, and still locked out. each time have been told i would be contacted by email within 24 hours which was a lie. i even found my hacker sharapov03@gmail.com a k a Sergei Shaparov from Russia. I usually would be angry at Sergei, but I'm not, i direct all my hatred at EA for the time wasted and spent while they keep lying about the hack in the first place. At least Microsoft takles the issue head on and suspends the password hack.
 
[citation][nom]happyballz[/nom]Perfect example of why EA's Origian and Valve's Steam are not always a perfect solution. Anything server "cloud" based is always vulnurable.Have fun dealing with consiquences.[/citation]

yea... ea blows and their security is laughable, but steam, i got no problem with it because of their system for dealing with new computers. you need email and steam accounts to hack.
 
I have never known a company like EA or Origin. I had my account hacked by this Russian hacker group that seems to be targeting Origin accounts and which EA deny is happening (Google "Russian hackers Origin" its even mentioned on Forbes). It took hours of phone calls, about 30 support tickets, countless advisor's and "expert" technical support staff and still the account is in the hackers name.
Now I have had enough I decided to remove all EA games and Origin software (the hackers are supposed to be able to read cookies from Origin) and I decided to close my account... wow how hard is that! Once again Im subjected to the countless waiting queues and the incompetent support staff...

AVOID THIS COMPANY
 
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