The findings follow disclosures that a China-linked government-sponsored threat actor known as Mustang Panda (aka Bronze President) may have been targeting Russian government officials with an updated version of a remote access trojan called PlugX.Īnother set of phishing attacks involved APT28 (aka Fancy Bear) hackers targeting Ukrainian users with a.

The hackers that targeted Rockstar also hacked Uber, and the company is now working with the FBI regarding the matter.Attacks aimed at Russia have singled out several governmental entities, such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with additional compromises impacting Russian defense contractors and manufacturers as well as an unnamed logistics company. The hacks are not limited to the gaming industry. Rockstar Games had over 90 videos of the unannounced Grand Theft Auto 6 gameplay leaked and even though it has the same parent company as 2K, Take-Two Interactive, nothing so far suggests that these two hacks are related in any way. In terms of cyber attacks, the last few days have been very eventful. Of course, 2K games apologized for the whole situation and any inconvenience it may have caused and thanked the player base for their understanding and support. The publisher also reminded players that it will never ask for their passwords or any other personal information and that it will officially confirm when the emails are safe to use once again. The hackers then sent emails to certain players containing the link that could compromise the said player’s account. Saying that the company came to know about the hack today and that the hackers had gained access to the platform 2K uses to provide customer support. yKI18eL7mYĢK Support’s Twitter account has thankfully remained untouched, and it shared the news above. Hey folks, please read an important message from our Customer Support team. If anyone has already clicked on any of the malicious links, 2K recommends that they should immediately change their passwords saved in their web browsers, install anti-virus software, turn on multi-factor authentication if possible, and make sure that no email account forwarding settings have been altered.

As a result, the 2K support website has gone offline. The 2K hack is a lot more than a fake email, the official 2K support has been compromised and the hackers have been sending legitimate emails with malicious links in them. Game publisher 2K is warning users not to open any emails or click on any links received from its support page after announcing that it was hacked.

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