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N4G Security Issue

Update 2: One of the founders of BGFG, owners of N4G has posted an update >> https://n4g.com/user/blogpo...
Update: We are recommending that users reset their password here on N4G and anywhere else that they would use the same username, password, and/or email combination.

There may be site downtime in the next few hours to work on this issue.

Thank you,
Christopher

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Hello everyone.

Not the news we want to present today, but there is a security issue with accounts on N4G. We are not aware of how far it goes or how much it affects everyone, but we want to make sure you know that we are aware of it currently and are investigating it.

For now, to protect yourself, we do suggest resetting your password on N4G.

As the BGFG Team works to narrow down the issues, we will update you with any additional information.

Thank you,
Christopher

darthv72161d ago

I wondered why i was seeing this:

Update:

N4G is garbage. Your account data is not secure here.

Visit www.ResetEra.com instead!

If you use your N4G password on other accounts, you should change them immediately! Un-encrypted passwords and emails will be on the dark web Dec 25.

purple101161d ago

I saw this December 25th on another post just now.

How does he know it's going to be the 25th. Haha. Or is it a figure of speech, so to speak

All seems fishy to me anyhowm

thorstein161d ago

Well, if we reset our passwords here, they will still be available to whoever has access to N4G's administration. So changing them here does nothing.

But I am definitely looking through to see if I have any other similar passwords elsewhere and changing them.

OtterX161d ago (Edited 161d ago )

My question is, why hasn't the account posting these things been banned yet? It was something like OtaconStealth, which then changed their account name to ResetEra. The account was only made 3 days ago. Even now, the weird Update messages are still there. I was watching it and reporting the account, and there was a huge back and forth between them and the mods, where the message would get taken down, then it would pop up again... over and over. Why didn't the account get a ban? That would have stopped the back and forth, yes?

Profchaos161d ago

What would a ban achieve would the attacker suddenly not leak data because his account got banned

Stanjara161d ago

Ever since N4g was bought and had a merger or whatever... Christopher appeared as the Liquid Boss, and things went south.

Slow site loading, error timeouts, crazy video ads... and now this.

Wtf are you doing over there?

monkey602161d ago

The ads on N4G have been excruciating long before the merger. The site is near impossible to navigate at times.
If this breach causes users to lose passwords then good luck to them because there is NO technical support here. No matter how many tickets you raise. They go ignored.

PRIMORDUS161d ago

For the ads just use Ublock Origin extension. There will be no ads at all anywhere on this site or other sites😁

Profchaos161d ago

I blocked sound on n4g in my browser was the only thing for my sanity

Amplitude160d ago

Even with adblock I loaded it tday and saw the "N4G Security Issue" post and tried to click it 20 times but there was an invisible full screen ad with a really tiny x blocking me from clicking the article lmao i love this site

-Foxtrot161d ago (Edited 161d ago )

I think some issues happened before the site was bought but for real, this site has gotten worse and worse

More bugs, more issues, but don't worry we got way more adverts....funny that

OtterX161d ago

Yea, look at the top of this post, Christopher is now a "Guest", no longer NetworkManager. It's fair to say N4G is dead. The old crew is on its way out. I knew this BGFG buyout was a bad thing. :\

Christopher161d ago

Just FYI, that was done to eliminate my account and others from detecting the severity of the issue. Not as a means of pushing us out at this time.

OtterX160d ago

@Christopher ok good to hear!

OtterX160d ago

One of my stories was also scrubbed from existence, about Ubisoft accidentally launching the Beyond Good and Evil Remaster early and unfinished. Like, it's not even listed in Failed. It's as if it never existed, and my monthly points for it disappeared.

I'm assuming this was done by the hacker to prevent it from taking top story spot, as it was #2 (after the GTA Trailer was removed)

It's pretty funny though, bc the BG&E article talked about Ubisoft going to extended lengths to cover up their mistake online. Let's blame the N4G hack on Ubisoft! 😆😆

Profchaos161d ago (Edited 161d ago )

I'm sorry to see it happen to the site and I hope that everybody gets away unscathed.

If anyone has recycled their passwords absolutely reset them everywhere not just here we may not know for certain if they were exported and I'm sure n4g isn't exactly going to have a incident response team so just take the precaution of changing your details everywhere you can.

If Christopher does see this it's probably worth telling people to reset to a unique combination on every account rather than just n4g

kitano1947161d ago

PWNED! all the zoom zooms with the same passwords for everything better get busy!

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The PS5 Has Shipped An Estimated 5x More Units Than The Xbox Series X/S In The Last Quarter

When the PS5 and the Xbox Series X/S first launched all the way back in 2020, console sales were not what either platform manufacturer wanted them to be. The pandemic slowed things down more than ever before, even though in the case of each next-gen console, all the units that were manufactured, sold.

Of course that didn’t last, and soon manufacturing limitations on the consoles were a thing of the past, and sales started to leap forward. For one next-gen console platform, at least.

-Foxtrot11h ago

I can see why Microsoft is putting their games on PlayStation with these numbers

Imagine how many copies of future games like Elder Scrolls VI, Blade, Indiana Jones and more they could sell if they went fully multiplatform.

OtterX6h ago

If they don't, it would be the death of them.

purple1014h ago

while I see your point, i'm one of those people that dont really want to see a M$ logo, when I boot up, however good the game is, unless truly exceptional, I've got enough games from Sony and enough coming down the pipeline, plus the 2 free smaller games on ps+, why do I need to give Microsoft anymore money,

I usually play just GT7 and cod, you've got Gran Theft Auto coming, its over for microsoft, they shot themselves in the foot, and now have to hobble away, to the losers corner, sit there, and repent.,!!! hahaha

OtterX3h ago(Edited 3h ago)

@Purple101 At this point, Microsoft just wants to be the American Tencent, but also just happen to have a console available for those who want it.

I hate what they're doing to the industry, but I would play the next Elder Scrolls on PS5 or PS6 even if I had to look at a MS logo at the beginning. At this point, I'm just invested in the series. I didn't feel this way about Starfield, which is why I've skipped it. Worst case scenario, I'd pick Elder Scrolls up on PC if it didn't come to PS, but I've stayed true to my word - I have not, and will not buy another Microsoft console after 3 red ringed 360s. They've killed my console support for life. They showed how scummy they can be by knowingly rushing out a product before it was ready, just to try and capture a 1 year headstart.

If a MS logo shows up at the beginning of the next Elder Scrolls on a Playstation console, so what? That means Sony won and MS is just another publisher. Many of the large publishers are quite dirty, so it fits them well. I wouldn't mind seeing their console die off though and them solely take up this publisher role.

Jingsing7m ago(Edited 7m ago)

Yeah, I never bought another Xbox console after the 360. But at the same time you shouldn't find yourself captive to Elder Scrolls if the company behind it is very scummy. I dropped COD after Ghosts and I don't regret it the company has only become worse and I'm glad I never was part of funding that.

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Barlos9m ago(Edited 9m ago)

A surprise to nobody.

Jingsing2m ago(Edited 1m ago)

Sony would probably be selling more if they stopped sending mixed signals about their future. Putting games on PC because you are taking data analytic advice from Microsoft about the future of consoles is folly and has limited their potential sales. Microsoft want Sony and the world to believe that consoles are done as a business so companies like Sony and Nintendo etc can end up serving Microsoft's platform. Remember when it comes to Microsoft "It is us or no one and the three E's" Don't fall for it.

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Ghost Of Tsushima's PSN May Be Online-Only, But People Still Can't Play It

Sucker Punch’s massive samurai adventure Ghost of Tsushima has come under fire because of the PSN requirement. However, unlike Helldivers 2, things are a lot different and more logical this time.

thorstein9h ago(Edited 9h ago)

"Sony has made it clear long before its release that the PSN requirement is strictly for the online multi-player Legends mode in Ghost of Tsushima and the PlayStation overlay. Online connection or PSN is not applied to the single-player campaign, which is honestly what the game is all about."

Extermin8or3_43m ago(Edited 43m ago)

Legends clearly was based around using the pan they hardly want to have to design a whole new account structure just to play it, that's alot of effort and work. Ultimately people kicked up a fuss despite there being workarounds in most of those territories that people with a ps console have used over there for literally like 15/16 years. This is the consequence of that, be careful what you wish for or demand because you don't necessarily get to pick the method by which you get it.

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