On December 4, 2022, our information security team swiftly addressed an SMS phishing attempt and quickly resolved it.
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UPDATE – Activision has issued the following statement: Insider Gaming was unable to verify if Activision made its employees aware of the data breach and has reached out to Activision for comment, but did not receive a reply before publication. Earlier this month, Insider Gaming exclusively reported key dates and details on Call of Duty 2023, which you can read here. It’s understood that no player/user data has been compromised.ĭetails on Modern Warfare II DLC plans have already leaked online, but as the information was obtained in December 2022, some details already appear outdated. However, given the responsibilities given to an HR employee, the computer contained employee details of all Activision employees. In conversation, it was said that the hacker was able to breach a Human Resources (HR) employee’s computer, which the hacker was able to scrape easily, gaining access to the information.Īlthough not confirmed at this time, it appears that the hack was limited to that one employee’s computer.
Speaking with vxunderground, Activision was breached on December 4, 2022, and the files were passed on to him recently by a single individual who was unable to sell the contents of the breach.
The data obtained contains plans for Modern Warfare 2’s upcoming DLC’s, Call of Duty 2023 (Codenamed Jupiter), and Call of Duty 2024 (Codenamed Cerberus), as well as sensitive employee information.Įmployee information obtained includes full names, corporate emails and phone numbers, job opening offer amounts, places of work, and more. Insider Gaming has been able to verify the legitimacy of an alleged Activision data breach from Twitter user who recently posted key Call of Duty details to his Twitter account overnight.Īlthough the user has only posted several images on Twitter regarding the release slate of Modern Warfare 2 DLC’s, Insider Gaming has been able to obtain the entirety of the data breach.
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