Employees of video game maker Activision had their personal data breached in a phishing attack in December 2022, but the company reportedly did not notify them until recently, TechCrunch reports. The data breach was unknown to employees until researchers with cybersecurity group vx-underground posted screenshots of stolen data and the hacker’s message on Activision’s company Slack channel. In a statement, the company said “no sensitive employee data, game code, or player data was accessed,” but hackers reportedly accessed personally identifiable information of employees.
22 Feb. 2023
Video game company allegedly fails to notify employees of data breach
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