GAME Denies Hack Rumour

GAME Denies Hack Rumour

16 Jan, 2012

Video game retailer GAME has denied a rumour currently circulating the internet that their customer database has been compromised. In a statement issued by GAME spokesperson Anna-Marie Mason via the stores official Facebook page, she calls the rumours “entirely false”, before going on to say that, “…there has been no breach of our database security.”

Users of the store’s online store may be wise in taking extra precautions – it takes a matter of seconds to change a password. You can read the official statement below.

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“At GAME we guard our customers’ details very carefully. We have thoroughly investigated the hacking claims made today by the website Pastebin, and can confirm that they are entirely false. The published email addresses are not registered users of GAME.co.uk, and there has been no breach of our database security.

We would like to assure all our customers that their details are well protected, and advise anyone who has any questions to contact our customer services team via the website, our Facebook page or Twitter account.”

Anna-Marie Mason, GAME spokesperson

Customer Services phone: 0871 200 1221 (office hours)
Customer Services email: www.game.co.uk/contact

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