Security News > 2021 > June > Gaming Giant EA Confirms Breach, Theft of Source Code
California-based gaming giant Electronic Arts has confirmed that hackers gained access to some of its systems and managed to steal source code, but claimed that no user data was compromised.
Posts published on various cybercrime forums in the past few days have claimed that EA had been breached and that 780 Gb of data has been stolen from the company, including source code and tools.
The seller has offered debugging tools, API keys, SDKs, source code, and private keys and certificates.
The information is allegedly related to the Frostbite gaming engine, PlayStation, Xbox, as well as FIFA 21, FIFA 22 and other games.
EA confirmed in a statement on Thursday that a recent network intrusion resulted in a "Limited amount of game source code and related tools" getting stolen.
He added, "The 780GB of stolen data and source code could be sold on underground forums, but the market for it is small. It is unlikely that competitors will be much interested in purchasing this source code. Therefore, it is more interesting for people who create hacks and cheats for games. There is also a small risk that the attackers will find a vulnerability while reviewing the source code, in one of the game servers that could allow them to attack other servers in the future."