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League of Legends Source Code Hacked, Riot Refuses To Pay Blackmail
24.1.2023
On Tuesday, Riot Games announced that the source code for both League of Legends and Team Fight Tactics was stolen, and that it would not be paying the ransom demanded by hackers to get it back. It’s the latest in a spree of data breaches at big game companies, and means both games could...
The No-Fly List Has Been Leaked, TSA Investigating 'Cybersecurity Incident'
23.1.2023
The Transportation Security Administration’s No-Fly List is one of the most important ledgers in the United States, containing as it does the names of people who are perceived to be of such a threat to national security that they’re not allowed on airplanes. You’d have been forgiven then...
War Thunder Players Are, Once Again, Posting Military Documents On Forums
20.1.2023
You may remember that one of the funniest stories of 2022 was the way that players of War Thunder—an arcadey online shooter featuring real military vehicles—just kept on posting military documents in the game’s forums. Not as acts of espionage, but to win arguments about specs.Read more
Anime Fighting Game Under Attack By Hackers Who Have Made It Unplayable
9.1.2023
Guilty Gear Strive, Arc System Works’ mega-popular 2D anime fighter, is under attack by hackers who’ve resurfaced a fatal exploit that seemingly causes the game to become unplayable for some players online.Read more
Valorant Didn’t Just Break My PC, It Broke Me
16.8.2022
I love shooters about as much as I love taquitos from 7/11, which is to say on far too many occasions I am walking out of such a store at 3 a.m. with…multiples of them…and a can of Monster energy, on my way home to play Halo or Siege or one of my shooter go-tos. Well, about a week ago, I decided...