In a nutshell: Electronic Arts has reportedly fallen victim to hackers challenge to have gotten away with roughly 780GB worth of data. Every bit you've no doubt seen, security breaches are a dime a dozen these days. EA is playing this one off as relatively minor, and fortunately, no role player data was compromised in the alienation.

Motherboard was showtime to report on the matter, noting a source with access to various underground hacking forums tipped them off. Per the forum posts, the hackers said they acquired the source code for FIFA 21 in addition to code for the game's matchmaking server. They too fabricated away with source code and tools for the Frostbite game engine that drives franchises like Battlefield, Madden NFL and FIFA.

Other assets collected in the heist reportedly include proprietary EA frameworks and SDKs.

The booty is actively up for sale on diverse underground hacking sites, Motherboard said. It'south unclear how much the hackers are asking for the information.

The publication reached out to EA, who confirmed they had suffered a breach and that the information listed by the hackers was indeed compromised. The EA spokesperson'south response has been reproduced below:

"We are investigating a recent incident of intrusion into our network where a limited amount of game source code and related tools were stolen. No player data was accessed, and we accept no reason to believe there is any gamble to player privacy. Following the incident, we've already made security improvements and do not expect an impact on our games or our business. We are actively working with constabulary enforcement officials and other experts as part of this ongoing criminal investigation."

Share value in Electronic Arts dipped slightly on the news but is already on the rebound, trading down just 0.50 pct equally of this writing.

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