Activision Accounts Hacked? 500,000 Call Of Duty Players Could Be Affected—Report

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According to reports, more than 500,000 Activision accounts may have been hacked with login data being compromised. The eSports site Dexerto has reported that a data breach occurred on Sunday, September 20. The credentials to access these accounts are, Dexerto said, being leaked publicly, and account details changed to prevent easy recovery by the rightful owners. Activision accounts are mostly used by players of the hugely popular Call of Duty franchise.

"This is a substantial breach," Martin Jartelius, CSO at Outpost24, said, "in parts, the clean-up will be a large undertaking for Activision, we can only hope backups allow restoring original contact data, resetting access and managing the users who still cannot regain access which should be a smaller group."

Several eSports and gaming accounts on Twitter have also reported the suspected breach. The first was @Okami, founder of Respawnable, who tweeted, "It's legit," adding that players should change their account passwords immediately.
 

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