2K confirms that personal data were stolen with hacking to its support platform

After the hacker that suffered the technical support platform of 2k Games last month, when an unauthorized third accessed its system illegally, the US company has confirmed that it is already in operation again after three weeks out of line.

However, the editor is now sending emails to those affected by this error, since they report that these hackers could access some personal data of the users, although there is no indication that their financial information or their (s (s) Password (s) In our systems, compromised (s) has been seen », as confirmed by 2K through an email sent to the victims and shared by VGC. The unauthorized third party agreed and copied some personal data that were recorded on you when you contacted us to receive assistance, such as your email address, identification number of the assistance service, gamertag and console details.

However, as a precaution, we encourage all our players to protect their accounts by restoring passwords and activating multifactorial authentication if they have not yet done so, they add.

Recall that computer pirates sent emails to many of the platform users with an attached link that would be used to download a 2K client in theory, but it would really make users to install a Malware designed to steal saved passwords in the browsers, an Information with which they could have accessed the bank accounts of those affected.

The company recommended changing browse passwords, activating multifactorial authentication and quickly executing the antivirus to check if they had been victims of the Malware.