According to reports, more than 500.000 Activision accounts may have been compromised. The eSports Dexerto website reported that a data breach occurred on Sunday, September 20th.
The credentials for accessing these accounts, according to Dexerto, have been leaked to the public and changed account details to prevent easy retrieval by legitimate holders.
Accounts are mainly used by players του εξαιρετικά δημοφιλούς franchise Call of Duty. Αρκετοί λογαριασμοί eSports στο Twitter έχουν αναφέρει επίσης την παραβίαση δεδομένων. Ο πρώτος ήταν ο Okami, ιδρυτής του Respawnable, ο οποίος έγραψε στο Twitter “Είναι έγκυρο”, προσθέτοντας ότι οι παίκτες θα πρέπει να αλλάξουν αμέσως τους κωδικούς access of their account.
However, an Activision spokesman issued the following statement on 22 September:
Activision Call of Duty accounts have not been hacked. Reports to the contrary are not accurate. We investigate all privacy issues. As always, we recommend that players take precautions to protect their accounts at all times. Visit the support page for more information, including a helpful array of tips and step-by-step instructions.
You can find these instructions here.
Activision's advice is complete, but missing the most important thing, that you need to enable two-factor authentication factors (2FA) for the protection an account. The reason is that there is no option in Activision accounts.
Dean Ferrando, chief systems engineer (EMEA) at Tripwire, said such breached accounts provide "a goldmine for malicious users who plan to carry out further attacks, whether it is online fishing or not."
