Loading ...Gamers need to be wary as the recent spate of attacks on gaming companies suggests that they are the latest target of hackers.
Recently, a lot of gaming services have been targeted by hackers. The data security of renowned companies like Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft XBOX, Sega, Steam Network, Nexon (Maple Story), etc. has been broken through. Square Enix is the latest hapless entrant to this beleaguered list.
It seems all the online attacks had been carried out with the same motive i.e. to cull out information about those who used the gaming services. The data that the hackers finally laid their hands on would have comprised e-mail IDs, personal information, and the billing history of the customers.
Suppose our brainy hackers even managed to find out the credit card details of the gamers. However, as it is all encrypted or thoroughly protected, what purpose would the credit card information have served?
Well, everyone will agree that all the gamers share some similar characteristics. They love playing their games and when they do, all of them are online. The gamers have the resources to buy gaming systems and play different games on them. Such gamers would surely be into online transactions. The scammers would have taken all these details into consideration while preparing their list that would help them fleece the innocent gamers of their honestly earned income.
Such a checklist makes the job of hackers much easier as they can easily select their prospective targets. The crooks are definitely active on this front as a whopping 200 million gamer’s info has been stolen this year alone.
In such an alarming scenario, it becomes paramount for the gamers to exercise utmost caution.
