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Witcher 3 dev forums hacked, 1.8 million accounts stolen

Posted on January 31, 2017 by Dissent

Dale Walker reports:

Polish game development studio CD Projekt RED has had more than 1.8 million user credentials stolen from its online forum, according to data breach notification website ‘Have I Been Pwned?‘.

The studio, which is famous for developing the highly successful Witcher franchise, was breached in March 2016 when hackers targeted its online forum, leading to a leak of usernames, passwords and email addresses.

Read more on IT Pro.


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