Albion Online gamers told to change passwords following forum hack

guest · Oct 19, 2020

Albion Online gamers told to change passwords following forum hack
Hacker exploited forum vulnerability, and offered stolen database for sale
October 19, 2020
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Sandbox Interactive, the developers of the free medieval fantasy video game Albion Online, have warned players that a hacker managed to break into its systems and gain access to its user database.

In a post on the Albion Online forum, players were advised that a hacker was able to exploit a vulnerability to gain access to the forum’s user database.
Exposed data included players’ email addresses, as well as passwords that had been salted and hashed with bcrypt.

At the very least this means that the hacker now has in their hands a list of Albion Online users’ email addresses – information which could be exploited in phishing and social engineering attacks in an attempt to trick players into handing over more information.
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Sandbox Interactive is recommending that affected users can update their password via the Albion Online website. My advice would be for affected Albion Online players to do so, but also to ensure that they choose a strong, complex password and that they are not reusing passwords anywhere else on the internet.

According to Sandbox Interactive, the vulnerability used by the hacker to access the sensitive data from the Albion Online forum has been patched, and a full security review is under way.
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