If you’re a member of Bethesda’s forums, you might want to make up a new password – your old one’s been compromised. Again. Ouchies.
With LulzSec pretty much out of commission for the moment, it’s not clear who might be responsible for the hack, or why they did it.<\/p>\n
Although… I wonder if Markus “Notch” Persson has an alibi for Friday afternoon. I’m sure forensics is dusting for cubes as you read this.<\/p>\n
The security breach has already been dealt with, and admins have reset all user passwords in the meantime.<\/p>\n
Here’s the official statement:<\/p>\n
Dear Bethesda Forum User,<\/p>\n
We have identified a potential breach of our forum user database that occurred Friday morning, Aug 12. We have reset your forum password as a precaution, in the event that any encrypted forum user passwords were compromised.<\/p>\n
When you next try to login to the forums, your old password will not work. Click the “I’ve forgotten my password link” underneath the login boxes, and follow the steps to setup a new password for your account.<\/p>\n
We recommend you do not use your old password or a password you have used for other sites. Further, if your old forum password was used for any other online purposes, we recommend changing the password on those accounts as well.<\/p>\n
If you have any concerns, visit the following link:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.bethsoft.com\/eng\/contact_email.php<\/a><\/p>\n