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 to access these accounts, as reported by Dexerto, they leaked public and changed account details to prevent easy recovery by the rightful owners.
Accounts are mainly used by players of the hugely popular Call of Duty franchise. Several eSports Twitter accounts have also reported the data breach. The first was Okami, founder of Respawnable, who tweeted "It's valid," adding that players should change their account passwords immediately.
However, an Activision spokesman issued the following statement on 22 September:
Activision Call of Duty accounts have not been compromised. Reports claiming otherwise are not accurate. We investigate all privacy issues. As always, we encourage players to take precautions to protect their accounts at all times. Visit her σελίδα support for more information, including a helpful set of tips and tutorials.
You can find these instructions here.
Activision's advice is comprehensive, but most importantly, you need to enable 2FA to protect 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."
