Not to be out done by the likes of Sony, now Square Enix has apologised for allowing hackers to make off with the personal details of thousands of its users.

According to Square Enix’s reports, the email addresses of 25,000 customers were stolen from Eidos’ Canadian site, as well as a further 350 resumes from prospective Canadian workers

As with the Sony hacks, just who is really behind the attack is not known – the “Owned by Chippy1337″ message the site was defaced with is suspected to be a red herring.
Fortunately for Square Enix and its victims, the severity and scale of this leak would appear to be rather minor compared to Sony’s record-breaking hack – although, like Sony, Square Enix is not a company much known for honest dealings with mere customers, so whether the hackers obtained anything else in the course of their antics can only be guessed at.
Whatever the effect on the PR efforts of the companies concerned, it seems likely that many consumers will be very much more sceptical about handing out their personal details to every company which insists on it in future.

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Aha... Oh man, hackers are on a roll lately. I personally have no pity for Square Enix - they lost my support after they changed from Square Soft - But this is still quite something.

I wonder whose next? The hilarity here can only be topped by something truly grand.

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I mean yes! Hackers are horrible!

>>3 Misuto is next, he's already getting hacked by China.

>>5 Thankfully, it wasn't my important email account. And google has a nifty verification setup that goes through my phone through text message when it tries to log in from a new IP.

If google can protect itself against china, why the hell can't Squeenix? Isn't it Japan??

PSN: Poor Security Network