The attackers "took away" the data of 13 million Maple Story players

At the end of last week, Nexon Korea Corp., the developer of the popular online game Maple Story, announced the hacking of game servers. According to the company's specialists, hackers gained access to the data of millions of game users, including ID, names, passwords, and state registration numbers.

As a result, about 13 million users suffered (in general, this is the main part of the audience of the toy). Now in the game there are about 18 million players, it turns out that the data of 5 million people were intact. In any case, while experts say so. Perhaps it was a "customized" action, since Nexon Korea Corp. In a few weeks I was going to go IPO. Well, and with the similar news the stock exchange can not very favorably concern the company.
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Now the company is going to hire (if not yet hired) 30 computer security specialists. Also Nexon Korea Corp. strengthened its server protection measures in key regions, these are Europe, Asia and North America. Of course, “they don't wave their fists after the fight,” but perhaps the security measures taken will help reduce the likelihood of subsequent break-ins. At least, the Sony corporation, probably the most affected by hackers this year, took the appropriate measures, and so far no new hacks have been heard.

As for data on payments and credit cards of users, in Nexon Korea Corp. claim that this data was not affected. Well, the total cost of the Nexon is now estimated at about $ 1.2 billion. In any case, this is exactly what this company planned to attract when it reaches the IPO. Probably in the near future Nexon will have to postpone the exit, or else as soon as possible to deal with the burglary, so that you can gain the trust of investors.

Via afp