Hackers broke into the website of Japanese videogame publisher Square Enix

Unidentified hackers broke into the Web site of the Japanese videogame publisher Square Enix. The company that produces games like Final Fantasy or Deus Ex and Tomb Raider, acknowledged that, in the hands of the attackers were at least 25,000 customer accounts of people who registered on its website.In addition to a database of clients Square Enix in the hands of the attackers site proved to be a summary of approximately 350 people who aspired to work at Square Enix, in particular in its Canadian office.

Press office already has officially apologized and confirmed the hacking site. The report said that a group of hackers invaded the official site of Square Enix, as well as the site Eidosmontreal.com and Deusex.com, where they had access to classified information.

“We immediately switched off site and started asking all the circumstances. In the near future the company will take further steps to improve the safety of these and all our other sites. Prior to the completion of all technical work sites will continue to be in the offline,” – the company said.

Hackers broke into the website of Japanese videogame publisher Square Enix

According to IT consultant for Sophos Graham Cluley, both cracking is likely to have been held by the same group that used the same vulnerability. “Now gamers have registered on the sites of Square Enix risk facing a wave of phishing scams disguised as messages from the most Square Enix”, – he said.