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Home » Activision dismisses claims of a data breach, that reportedly affected its 500k accounts
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Activision dismisses claims of a data breach, that reportedly affected its 500k accounts

Kshitij ThakurBy Kshitij ThakurSeptember 22, 2020Updated:September 22, 20202 Comments2 Mins Read
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After the reports that a possible data breach at the top games studio “Activision” may have allowed hackers to acquire the usernames and passwords of 500K customer accounts. The company has told in a tweet that accounts have not been compromised and reports suggesting are inaccurate.

Where it all started

As Reported by Dexerto, over 500,000 Activision accounts have reportedly been hacked, with log-ins being leaked publicly. And hackers are then changing the account details, making it so that the original owners can’t recover them.
This data breach was firstly noticed by a Twitter user oRemmy yesterday. And further confirmed by many content creators including Prototype Warehouse, Okami, and TheGamingRevolution.

Yeah, it's legit guys. Change your Activision account passwords and add 2FA immediately.

Apparently over 500k accounts have been breached already and it's still ongoing. @Activision @ATVIAssist https://t.co/mjKecaty1m

— KAMI (@Okami13_) September 21, 2020

Activision accounts are apparently being leaked so change your password, although that might not even help because they're apparently generating 1,000 accounts every 10 minutes.

— TheGamingRevolution (@TheGamingRevo3) September 20, 2020
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Activision’s take on this

As like the games they made, Company is basically saying that these reports are fictional. There was no breach and no Call of Duty accounts were compromised, according to the company’s tweet. The company, however, taking the opportunity to caution users to take necessary caution in safeguarding their accounts.

If you think you may be at risk, please check out these helpful step-by-step tips to safeguard your account https://t.co/2XHHpcVS4i. pic.twitter.com/rTnCMaWBAX

— Activision Support (@ATVIAssist) September 22, 2020

These accounts are mainly used to log into many Call of Duty titles, including Warzone, Modern Warfare, and Mobile. They can also be attached to other titles if you own any.

And if the hack did take place as reported, the only way to keep your account safe is by changing your password. As the company does not offer two-factor authentication in their accounts. We also suggest you to unlink your Battlenet, PSN, Xbox, or other accounts associated with your this account to protect those as well.

And as these data breaches are often used to hack into other sites you should also change the passwords of other services that have the same password as that of your Activision account to safeguard them.

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