Yesterday it was revealed that Electronic Arts was hacked, leading to the loss of a variety of classified information. Thankfully, no private player data was stolen in the Electronic Arts' hack, but a multitude of the company's assets was.

The story originally broke from Vice, which reported that the hackers stole the source code for FIFA 21 and the Frostbite engine as well as various other internal assets used by the studio. The hackers reportedly plan to sell the information that they stole, which they claim measures up to a heavy 780GB worth of data and code. EA has since said that it has improved its internal security in wake of the hack.

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Now, the hackers spoke with Vice and revealed some information on how the hack was accomplished. The hackers say that the process started by purchasing a package of stolen cookies to gain access to one of EA's Slack Channels. Once inside the chat, the hackers messaged EA's IT Support team saying that they had lost their phone at a party to get a multifactor authentication token to gain access to the company's network. From there the hackers were able to create a virtual machine used to find the code and download it, including the tools for FIFA 21's matchmaking for modes like Ultimate Team.

FIFA 21 AC Milan Players

The Vice article also says the hackers supported all of their statements with extensive screenshots and evidence. Vice also reached out to EA for comment, who said that the hackers' outline of how the hack was performed matched with the company's records. EA has also said that it does not expect the hack to impact its games or services at all and that it is already working with law enforcement in wake of the hack. However, it is good to hear that EA does not think the hack will get in the way of any of the company's upcoming titles, such as Battlefield 2042.

EA's hack does come shortly after CD Projekt Red suffered a cyber-attack that led to the ransoming of Cyberpunk 2077's source code as well as an unreleased version of The Witcher 3. CD Projekt Red also took a similar approach as EA has thus far. Both companies have been relatively open about what happened to possibly help warn other companies about gaps in security online. Hopefully, EA can properly increase its security in wake of the hack, and the law enforcement the company is working for can catch the hackers behind the attack.

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Source: Vice