Star Citizen backlash as breach disclosure lands weeks late
TL;DR
Cloud Imperium Games revealed a data breach that exposed metadata, contact details, usernames, dates of birth, and names, but waited five weeks after the January 21 incident to inform players. CIG says no financial data or passwords were stolen and that it contained the breach, yet the delayed disclosure has sparked fury among players and raised GDPR-related concerns for a UK-based company amid a long-running, heavily invested community.
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