After reports broke yesterday about a whopping 780 GB of databeing swipedfrom the gambling gargantuan Electronic Arts ( EA ) , we already know how the holdup was pulled off , at least according to the drudge ’ telling .
A “ representative for the hackers”told Motherboardon Friday that the scheme was actually moderately simple : They allegedly started by buying stolencookiesonline for $ 10 each , and then used those to get access to one of EA ’s incorporated Slack channel . Apparently , EA ’s Slack etiquette is n’t the most impregnable — we’vepreviously seenresearchers discover a former engineer for the party leaving the name of EA ’s corporate Slack channel in a public code repo . Whether that early 2020 incident make for a role here is still unnamed .
Per Motherboard , the next footstep was messaging EA ’s IT support squad to pretend that the drudge had “ lost [ their ] phone at a political party last Nox , ” before ask the staff member for a multi - factor authentication token . Once they had their hands on that item , the hackers ’ rep said , they were able to walk decent into EA ’s corporate internet , which led them to the hub where some of EA ’s developers collect their games . Pretty soon , the fraudsters were download material for the Playstation VR , interior documents on AI in gaming , and some written document on how EA “ creates digital crowds in the FIFA game . ”
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Meanwhile , EA repspreviously confirmedto Gizmodo that the cab started and stop with this trove of data , which also reportedly included the source computer code for the society ’s secret plan engine , FrostBite . “ No player data was access , and we have no intellect to conceive there is any peril to player privacy , ” the interpreter said , noting that the company has “ already made security improvement ” in reaction to the hack . Hopefully one of those buffs makes their Slack channels a bit less hackable .
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