The War Z forced offline after forum and game database hacked

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Controversial zombie game The War Z has been forced offline after its forum and game database were hacked, exposing player data.
OP Productions issued a security alert today, emailing those affected and taking its forum offline. It is investigating the intrusion.
Data accessed includes email addresses used to log-in to the forum, forum passwords, which OP Productions says were encrypted, email addresses used to log in to the game, game passwords (again, which OP says were encrypted), in-game character names and the IP addresses from which players log-in to the forum and to the game.
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