Battlefield 2 Servers Hacked [Archive]

defiant

07-25-2005, 08:29 PM

Source (http://forums.totalbf2.com/showthread.php?t=18824)

Well, what a wonderful few days it has been. Since EA didn't take the time to respond (or maybe even read) our emails about various stats-server security holes, it clearly showed us how much they care. Therefore, we came to the conclusion that modifying 5 million accounts wouldn't be that big of a deal.

That being said, accounts with ids from 40,000,000 to 45,000,000 now have all of their weapons unlocked.
Well my account has been hacked as I have access to all the weapon unlocks. I think it is safe to say that EA got owned.

Editor: Looks like a few enthusiasts have started to actively persuade EA to patch the security loopholes.

fndarkone

07-25-2005, 10:09 PM

hahah, holy shit. i was wondering how the fuck i got all my weapons unlocked.

i swear to god... if they roll back i will murder. (by roll back i mean remove all the points i got since the hack)

Triprotic

07-25-2005, 10:25 PM

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

seriously, that's really funny :)

snubber

07-25-2005, 10:31 PM

I hope I'm hacked! I want all the weapons too!

Triprotic

07-25-2005, 10:34 PM

damn I'm not hacked though, i feel dissapointed :(

Booo EA! (Electronic Arts that is)

greensky

07-25-2005, 10:35 PM

fndarkone, I was wondering that about my weapons too... HAHAH!

Orphiuchus

07-25-2005, 10:35 PM

So... how do I find my account id?

eatme

07-25-2005, 11:02 PM

You guys are jumping to conclusions, and really aren't thinking this through. This could be a very serio-- hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Oh, man. This is the best thing I've heard all month. Hahahahaha.

alienchild

07-25-2005, 11:03 PM

take THAT EA, you junk-making money-whoring employee-raping good-for-nothing homo company!!!

Player 1

07-25-2005, 11:40 PM

take THAT EA, you junk-making money-whoring employee-raping good-for-nothing homo company!!!

And people wonder why gamers can't be trusted with 'mature' content in games...:rolleyes:

CapnAJ

07-26-2005, 02:00 AM

Sodding hackers, always finding a way to ruin something.

Kefkataran

07-26-2005, 02:49 AM

Sodding hackers, always finding a way to ruin something.

Er, I don't play Battlefield 2, sure, but... wasn't it EA who ruined it?

Anyways, I think this is a really funny story. I especially like the tone the guy who wrote the announcement had. Not a stupid, l33t-sounding hacker. Sounds like he could be a real intelligent guy.

Good work to them. Hope EA hears the message.

RichardTowler

07-26-2005, 02:57 AM

my brother was screaming his head off last night

'I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO PLAY FOR NOW, ARGGHHHHHHHH'

guess this explains it :p

GrinR

07-26-2005, 03:17 AM

I didn't even know you COULD unlock weapons, what with the manual having evaporated the moment air touched it.

CapnAJ

07-26-2005, 03:35 AM

Er, I don't play Battlefield 2, sure, but... wasn't it EA who ruined it?

It's been great fun, no complaints from me. I just dislike all this 'cyber terrorism' (extreme term, but their ideology isn't too disimilar to that of others who force their will upon others).

LilEvilFish

07-26-2005, 05:02 AM

HAHA I don't even own the game and this made me laugh :) Thanks EA and indeed EA for bringing a smile to my face.

Malovech

07-26-2005, 05:25 AM

CapnAJ that is such a pile of crap. More people need to hack major corporations because our governments sure as hell aren't taking them to task.

Goronmon

07-26-2005, 05:47 AM

It's been great fun, no complaints from me. I just dislike all this 'cyber terrorism' (extreme term, but their ideology isn't too disimilar to that of others who force their will upon others).
Its not really terrorism unless you do something bad, IMO. They unlocked some people's weapons. It would be like trying to force a bank to recognize their security holes by getting into the accounts and giving everyone $5.

Steve_Erhardt

07-26-2005, 05:51 AM

I didn't even know you COULD unlock weapons, what with the manual having evaporated the moment air touched it.
LMAO

Anyhow... God damned mother fucking bitch ass cocksmoker hackers... My account was unaffected! If you're gonna do something, don't do it half-assed, god dammit! I want me some unlocked weapons too! Grrr... good for nothing punks... :p

frederec

07-26-2005, 05:56 AM

Its not really terrorism unless you do something bad, IMO. They unlocked some people's weapons. It would be like trying to force a bank to recognize their security holes by getting into the accounts and giving everyone $5.
Personally, I think any jab at EA is good, but I think this is a terrible argument. Depending on the bank, giving everyone $5 could amount to stealing millions. That money doesn't come from nowhere.

Slack3r78

07-26-2005, 06:09 AM

Wow, so that explains why I had all the unlocks last night and my friends didn't. I thought we were just playing on unlocked servers at first.

"You guys don't have them? That's weird."

Klade

07-26-2005, 06:29 AM

Saw this on Bluesnews, here's EA's responce:

In the future, if you really are concerned about "exposing security holes" to EA (which I sincerely doubt) rather than grandstanding, please e-mail me personally since it appears that you don't have the correct contact info. I will PM you the address.

All of the changes made will be rolled back in the next couple hours. Users may have to rechoose any unlocks they would have legitimately made in the last day or so as a result of the roll-back, but no stats should be lost.

Goronmon

07-26-2005, 06:32 AM

Personally, I think any jab at EA is good, but I think this is a terrible argument. Depending on the bank, giving everyone $5 could amount to stealing millions. That money doesn't come from nowhere.
Considering the context of the example, just assume the money came from nowhere. :p

Furious Wang

07-26-2005, 06:55 AM

Goronmon

07-26-2005, 07:07 AM

This is ridiculous. But it does seem to be the major influence driving so-called "do-gooder" hackers. "They won't fix it, so we're gonna break it." It just doesn't make any sense and its the poorest rationale there is. These guys should be tracked down and prosecuted.
Actually, the poorest rationale is "they won't fix it, so we'll exploit it".

At least in this case they caused no real damage, and it was nothing that wasn't easily fixable by EA.

Testcase

07-26-2005, 07:27 AM

In the future, if you really are concerned about "exposing security holes" to EA (which I sincerely doubt) rather than grandstanding, please e-mail me personally since it appears that you don't have the correct contact info. I will PM you the address.

Translation: Any email to 'support' are automatically shit-canned by a small shell script.

CapnAJ

07-26-2005, 08:20 AM

CapnAJ that is such a pile of crap. More people need to hack major corporations because our governments sure as hell aren't taking them to task.

What a truly bizarre statement, what exactly do you mean?!

Zanzibar

07-26-2005, 09:46 AM

Translation: Any email to 'support' are automatically shit-canned by a small shell script.

OMFG, that's the funniest thing I've read in WEEKS. Thanks.

KarmaGhost

07-26-2005, 10:45 AM

I'm oblivious to the BF2 world. What does weapon unlocking mean? Are there actually weapons you're not allowed to use?

Klade

07-26-2005, 10:58 AM

As you play the game you advance in rank and get medals for doing well etc. This only happens if you play on ranked servers (which EA charges 8$ a month to allow a server be 'ranked'). As you advance in rank you get the option to unlock weapons. Each class has a weapon and a locked weapon for it. Each time you unlock a weapon you get a chance to decide which class should get its weapon unlocked.

So if you get a high enough rank to unlock a weapon you then can decide if you want to unlock your assault class weapon or your medics etc etc. There are I think 8 classes? I've been playing about an hour or 2 a day and have only unlocked one weapon. I'm of average to above average skill I think.

So unlocking all the weapons is a few months work for most of us.

fndarkone

07-26-2005, 11:27 AM

its definately a nice thing to work for; unlocking weapons and medals and badges and ribbons.

basically as you go up in rank (you start at private), you get to unlock a weapon. private, pfc, lance corporal, corporal, sgt, etc. at pfc you dont get to unlock anything. lance and corporal you do.

it was nice having the weapons unlocked becuase i got to experience them all and i decided which one to unlock next.

oh, and if you want your id number or just stats on yourself in general:

http://bf2s.com <-the better of the two imo
http://bf2tracker.com

http://www.ubar.sc <- all the information you need to know to get ribbons, medals and badges.

Demize99

07-26-2005, 12:18 PM

(which EA charges 8$ a month to allow a server be 'ranked')

Actually, EA doesn't charge anything, you simply have to apply for and become part of their trusted provider program. The increased price per slot on a ranked server is because of the increased hardware demands. Ranked servers use 50% more CPU than a similarly configured unranked server, and they use addtional bandwidth to communicate with EA.

Honestly ppl, try not to make bullshit up just to hate on EA, there's plenty of real reasons to hate on EA already.

Liquidize105

07-26-2005, 01:28 PM

So what Blade said is basically... true.

Anyway, this should bring EA up to speed and let people have some fun.

VYPUR

07-26-2005, 01:37 PM

EA has shut down ALL SERVERS!.....GodDamn hackers I am off today and now can not play

Klade

07-26-2005, 09:50 PM

servers up when I tried. Had a little problem refreshing (only had a few hundred show up) but kept doing it and it worked. Interesting to note is that while my account was not hacked I did have to rechoose my unlocked weapon. Which was actually kinda nice as I wasn't happy with my first choice.

And yes like I said they charge money for ranked servers.