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Red Dead Redemption multiplayer launched with so many bugs, lead dev thought Rockstar was being hacked: "Is somebody trolling us? What's going on?"

Jackpot!

Valve issues warning to Steam Machine and Steam Controller customers to "expect fake messages" after its European hardware partner is hacked

Valve has notified Steam Machine and Steam Controller customers in Europe about a data breach. The company's servers are safe, but those of one of its hardware partners are sadly not.

Fixes roll out after Meccha Chameleon servers infected with malware, Discord hacked

You might want to do a scan if you've played on any custom maps lately.

User-made maps from Steam top-seller Meccha Chameleon have been found to contain malware, just as the game's official Discord server got hacked

The indie viral mega-hit prop hunt game Meccha Chameleon has had quite the unfortunate weekend. The game's developer has responded to a report claiming some of the game's Steam Workshop maps included malware. Those maps are user-created, and - like all Workshop maps - were availa…

OpenAI says its AI escaped a test environment and hacked another company

One of OpenAI’s AI models hacked into another company after escaping a restricted testing environment during an internal cybersecurity evaluation.

OpenAI admits several of its AI models breached testing and hacked into a startup's network by themselves, calling it an 'unprecedented cyber incident'

Containment has been breached.

In the wake of Stadium's death, Overwatch's Quick Play Hacked weekend makes me hope 6v6 returns permanently

Blizzard's new 6v6 experiment in Overwatch makes matches more exciting and unpredictable than ever, and I hope it becomes a permanent fixture

'Reach Out And We'll Help' - Xbox Sends Message To People Affected By Hacked Accounts

A follow-up from Xbox Support. Last week, we covered a couple of stories about people who had been suffering from hacked Xbox / Microsoft accounts - one in Brazil where they'd apparently taken the company to court and won, and one in the United States where Xbox Support reached o…

AI music generator Suno has been hacked, detailing the data scraping of millions of songs from YouTube, Deezer, and Genius

The same old tune.

Microsoft restores hacked account and baby pictures, but owner says it’s ‘a little bit shady’

The Xbox fan's account has been restored, but he's not happy with how the situation played out.

Xbox Support Pledges To Help Customer Reclaim His Hacked Account

Earlier this week, Twitch streamer and gamer Joshua Khane went viral with a post calling out Microsoft for deleting his account and OneDrive. Khane noted that Microsoft acknowledged that the account had been compromised, but it declined to help him recover "25 f***ing years of da…

Streamer claims Microsoft “deleted” his account because it was hacked

Microsoft is facing fresh criticism over its handling of user accounts after another customer claimed the company permanently deleted their account.

Overwatch launches Quick Play Hacked and puts Stadium into maintenance mode

It’s summertime in Overwatch, and that means one thing: The summer games event is back for another year. Well, that and there are some other events running through the next month and several other pieces of the new mid-season patch. Oh yeah, and its the end of the development roa…

Xbox Responds To Devastated Fan Who Lost All Their Games Due A Hacked Account

"It’s not the experience we want anyone to have...". Earlier this week, we covered a story about someone in Brazil who had taken Microsoft to court over a hacked Xbox account in which they'd lost access to all their games and been told that they were essentially unrecoverable. Th…

Xbox sees major backlash after deleting hacked 25-year-old account

An Xbox player has lost thousands of dollers in digital games after account was hacked