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There has been no breach to the security of our Xbox Live service.” That’s the simple message from Microsoft today in response to fresh claims last week about security problems with its online content network. And, as it did last year in response to a story in UK newspaper The …

Valve has confirmed rumours circulating earlier this week that hackers have compromised the Steam network and, most worryingly, a database of information and personal data was compromised. A plundered Steam database, managed by games giant Valve, contains information including user names, hashed and salted passwords, game purchases, email addresses, billing …

Players of PC MMO Lord of the Rings Online have been warned about a ‘security issue’ on the game’s forums. Developer Turbine issued a statement informing gamers that some of their accounts may have been breached. The game itself remains unaffected. Recently, we were made aware of an issue with …

It has emerged that Sony is facing a total of 55 lawsuits in the US making claims relating to the much-publicised PSN outage earlier this year. Sony has made numerous claims to insurer Zurich American to cover its legal fees according to a commercial general liability policy taken out in …

Notorious hacking groups may be retreating from games, but the damage is already done. Network breaches have put a big dent in consumer confidence results of an MCV survey show have shown. And the biggest blow? Over a half of download-loving gamers say their faith in games publishers has plummeted. …

Barely a day has gone by this month without the words "hack" or "breach" appearing in headlines. And we want to know what effect that has had on the trust people place in digital download platforms and other online gaming services. You can take part by clicking here. Having reported …

Forget everything that has gone before. If rumours of LulzSec’s latest hack are proven to be true, the group may just have made a politically significant assault. A document available online suggests that LulzSec has acquired all the highly secretive data submitted in the 2011 UK Census earlier this year. …

Barely a day has gone by this month without the words "hack" or "breach" appearing in headlines. And we want to know what effect that has had on the trust people place in digital download platforms and other online gaming services. You can take part by clicking here. Having reported …

Infamous hack collective LulzSec has warned the NHS that its computer network is vulnerable to cyber attack. Lulz Security, which claims to have been behind recent PSN hacks, sent an email to NHS administrators exposing breaches the service’s network, the BBC reports. Playfully dubbing themselves ‘pirate-ninjas’, the groups published the …

UK publisher Codemasters has become the latest games company to see its online portal compromised by hackers. The company has warned customers that a breach on June 3rd resulted in the following data being compromised: Customer names and addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers, encrypted passwords and order history. Other information …