In the wake of the leaked PS3 master security key, the PlayStation 3 community was suffering a lot more than usual, and they became pretty vocal about it. All sorts of hacks were running rife across servers, and in some cases, legitimate players unfortunate enough to join in a hacked game found their stats and unlocks reset.
Infinity Ward admitted as much, stating that the security key breach had only made things worse. “Games rely on the security of the encryption on the platforms they’re played on, therefore; updates to the game through patches will not resolve this problem, unless the security exploit itself is resolved on the platform,” said Infinity Ward community manager Robert Bowling.
Further fuelling the flames of rage was the suggestion that Activsion just call it ‘quits’ and shut down the PS3 Modern Warfare 2 servers.
Now that everyone has taken a few days to simmer down, Robert Bowling has come bearing some hopeful news: “I just left a security meeting with the coders here at Infinity Ward where we discussed a lot of solutions. I feel good about the meeting, but of course I can’t go into detail on the possible solutions we discussed as we don’t want to give out any information that could potentially hinder the security any further.”
“The key factor I want you to know is, that while any update takes time, we are looking to make the process as quick as possible and nothing is being left unattended,” said Bowling.
“Our main focus right now is on:
1) Preventing hackers from affecting legitimate players.
2) Addressing users who have already been affected.”
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