{"id":559910,"date":"2021-06-10T17:52:14","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T21:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=559910"},"modified":"2021-06-10T17:52:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T21:52:19","slug":"hackers-target-battlefield-publisher-ea-fifa-source-code-stolen-and-listed-for-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hackers-target-battlefield-publisher-ea-fifa-source-code-stolen-and-listed-for-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackers Target \u2018Battlefield\u2019 Publisher EA, \u2018FIFA\u2019 Source Code Stolen And Listed For Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhackers-target-battlefield-publisher-ea-fifa-source-code-stolen-and-listed-for-sale%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=559910&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1232831405-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>According to reports, hackers have successfully breached the internal servers of Electronic Arts, a giant of the gaming industry that has published iconic games such as Battlefield, The Sims, and the FIFA and Madden franchises.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to Motherboard, the hackers stole 780 gigabytes of game source code and other related \u201cinternal tools.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A source with access to the various underground hacker forums, some of which are locked from public view, provided Motherboard with screenshots of the messages, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/wx5xpx\/hackers-steal-data-electronic-arts-ea-fifa-source-code\"><span>VICE<\/span><\/a><span>, with hackers reportedly claiming that \u201cYou have full capability of exploiting on all EA services.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIn those forum posts the hackers said they have taken the source code for FIFA 21, as well as code for its matchmaking server,\u201d continued VICE. \u201cThe hackers also said they have obtained source code and tools for the Frostbite engine, which powers a number of EA games including Battlefield.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Also part of the 780 gigabytes of stolen data are \u201cproprietary EA frameworks and software development kits (SDKs),\u201d which streamline game development. According to these underground hacking forums, this data is now for sale.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>EA reportedly confirmed the data breach to Motherboard, and that the information listed was indeed stolen by hackers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe are investigating a recent incident of intrusion into our network where a limited amount of game source code and related tools were stolen,\u201d an EA spokesperson told Motherboard in a statement. \u201cNo player data was accessed, and we have no reason to believe there is any risk to player privacy. Following the incident, we\u2019ve already made security improvements and do not expect an impact on our games or our business. We are actively working with law enforcement officials and other experts as part of this ongoing criminal investigation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-57431987\"><span>BBC<\/span><\/a><span> explained, \u201c<\/span><span>Source code is a version of computer software which is usually much easier to read and understand than the end version in a finished product, and could be used to reverse engineer parts of the product.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cFor example, the Frostbite engine, which hackers claim to have the source code for, is a powerful game creation tool used in dozens of games, from FIFA to the Battlefield series and several recent Star Wars games from EA,\u201d the BBC continued, adding that \u201c[t]he source code for the engine could hold significant value for an unscrupulous developer willing to copy it, or for those making cheat codes and hacks for games.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In 2020, there were two high-profile hacking attacks on gaming companies. In November, Capcon was hit with a ransomware attack that \u201cmay have revealed the personal information of up to 350,000 people,\u201d while in February, CD Projekt Red \u2014 the developer of Cyberpunk \u2014 was also hit with a ransomware attack, \u201c<\/span><span>which resulted in the source code for several games being stolen and auctioned off online,\u201d with the hackers claiming to have sold the data for more than $7 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports, hackers have successfully breached the internal servers of Electronic Arts, a giant of the gaming industry that has published iconic games such as Battlefield, The Sims, and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279943,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1232831405-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Hackers Target \u2018Battlefield\u2019 Publisher EA, \u2018FIFA\u2019 Source Code Stolen And Listed For Sale","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-559910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1232831405-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Hackers Target \u2018Battlefield\u2019 Publisher EA, \u2018FIFA\u2019 Source Code Stolen And Listed For Sale","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}