PSA: Raptr hacked, accounts compromised. **Time to change passwords**

[SunnyD]

If you've used the Raptr service at some point your account credentials have been compromised. Emails have gone out.

I can't remember for certain whether Raptr asked you to link other accounts (steam, etc) to it or not, but either way it's time to change passwords if you've used Raptr. I know I have an account with them from when they were giving away free stuff for Rift.

Maintaining the highest level of security around your Raptr account information is of the utmost importance to us, so we're very sorry to inform you that some Raptr user data may have been recently compromised in an attack similar to hacking activities that have targeted other high-profile sites and services such as Xbox Live and Sony's PlayStation Network.

User names, email addresses, password hashes, and some first and last names may have been accessed. This means that although the passwords are hashed, users with weak passwords are vulnerable to unauthorized access. It's important to note that our two-factor authentication system used for redeeming Raptr Reward Points ensures that even if your Raptr account was among those compromised, the points you've earned as a Raptr member are protected.

Although the potential risk to Raptr users is pretty minimal, we urge you to access any accounts on other sites and services in which you use the same login and password associated with your Raptr account and change the related password(s) immediately.

 

[Plimogz]

Stupid Raptr. More trouble than it's worth, IMO.

Anyway, thanks for the heads-up.

 

[SunnyD]

Stupid Raptr. More trouble than it's worth, IMO.

Anyway, thanks for the heads-up.

No problem. Also, if I recall, wasn't the "AMD Gaming Evolved" platform basically a rebranded Raptr?

 

[Fanatical Meat]

^^^^Yes and it screwed up my PC when I unintentionally installed it.

 

[StinkyPinky]

Does anyone actually use that waste of space software? Just bloatware as far as I'm concerned.

 

[futurefields]

i like how they try to diffuse it "compromised in an attack similar to hacking activities that have targeted other high-profile sites and services such as Xbox Live and Sony's PlayStation Network"

lel

 

[mmntech]

i like how they try to diffuse it "compromised in an attack similar to hacking activities that have targeted other high-profile sites and services such as Xbox Live and Sony's PlayStation Network"

lel

Lol. That's basically saying "we're incompetent, but so's everybody else, so it's okay".

I'm not even sure what Raptr is for. You play games, you get points, you get discounts. Except to get discounts, you need an obscene amount of points. I've been using it for just over a year now and I only have about 3,400. Yet I need something like 15,000 to get 40% off Darksiders II. Might as well just wait for the Steam sales.

 

[Cerb]

Lol. That's basically saying "we're incompetent, but so's everybody else, so it's okay".

I'm not even sure what Raptr is for.

To annoy us?
Problem: Photoshop screwing up.
Solution: update video driver by about 3 years.
New problem: BS Raptr program.
At least in the latest drivers, you can finally opt out of it, with a custom install (though such BS should always be opt-in).