14 DAY TRIAL // Renowned game maker Bohemia Interactive has announced a potential security incident affecting the feedback (bug) trackers used for the ArmA 3 and DayZ video games.
The incident comes exactly a month after Saudi hacking crew OurMine defaced the company's DayZ forums and then stole information about forum users, such as usernames, emails, and hashed passwords.
This time around, the company says it discovered a potential security breach in the user feedback sites used for the company's ArmA 3 and DayZ games.
These sites run on top of the Mantis open source PHP-based bug tracker platform, a well-known software ticketing solution.
"While there is currently no evidence which indicates that the hackers were successful in their attempt to collect user data, we have decided to take all Feedback Tracker systems offline, so we can investigate the issue further," Bohemia developers explain.
Users asked to change passwords on other services, just in case
After the DayZ forums breach, Bohemia decided to replace the forum's built-in authentication system with Bohemia's in-house user authentication platform, also used for the Bohemia Store.
This change was only made to the DayZ forums, which means those who had user accounts on the ArmA 3 and DayZ feedback trackers should change their passwords on other sites if they used the same username & password combos.
This also means that Bohemia accounts were not compromised during this most recent security breach since they were not used for the feedback trackers.
The potential data breach was announced on Friday, February 19, but today, February 23, there's still no sign on the Dark Web of any data related to a recent ArmA 3 or DayZ hack. Except the chatter created by the Bohemia announcement, Twitter has also been relatively quiet regarding the incident, with no hackers coming forward to take credit.
You can read the entire Bohemia Interactive ArmA 3 and DayZ security statement below.
Attention! Due to an attempted security breach, the Arma 3 & DayZ Feedback Trackers have been taken offline. Info: https://t.co/gHcr3YNDd3 — Bohemia Interactive (@bohemiainteract) February 19, 2016