To Anyone who used the Bioware Neverwinter Nights Forums

[:1]I'd read the old servers had gotten hacked, then received this email yesterday:


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We recently learned that hackers gained unauthorized access to the

decade-old BioWare server system supporting the Neverwinter Nights

forums. We immediately took appropriate steps to protect our

consumers' data and launched a thorough ongoing evaluation of the

breach. We have determined that no credit card data was compromised

from the servers, nor did we ever have or store sensitive data like

social security numbers. Our investigation shows that information

such as user names, encrypted passwords, email addresses, mailing

addresses, names, phone numbers, CD keys and birth dates from

accounts on the system may have been compromised, as well as other

information (if any) that you may have associated with this forum

account. In an abundance of caution, we have disabled your legacy

Account. To create a new account please visit social.bioware.com.

We take the security of your information very seriously and regret

any inconvenience this may have caused you. If your username, email

address and/or password on your Neverwinter Nights account are

similar to those you use on other sites, we recommend changing the

password at those sites as well. We advise all of our fans to always

be aware of any suspicious emails or account activity and report any

suspicious emails and account activity to Customer Support at

1-877-357-6007.

If you have questions, please visit our FAQ at

http://support.ea.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5367/ or contact

Customer Support at the phone number above.



Aaryn Flynn

Studio GM, BioWare Edmonton

VP, Electronic Arts




Passing it along, just in case...

Related link:

BioWare Hacked, 18,000 Accounts Compromised|||Wait! F***! This is real?? I saw the E-mail this morning, but deleted it because I thought it was a phishing scam.

Why the crap are so many game pubs getting hacked recently?|||Added link to OP for an article about the hack.|||I used the BG forums! I'm hardcore! . . .or old. Ugh.|||I got the same email and I actually did use those forums long ages ago. However, that was so long ago I didn't use any of the same names, passwords or anything else at all.