Atlus.com hacked, pulled down

This is why I hate hackers. I know there are plenty who are mostly harmless who do it as a hobby, but come on, this is messed up.

Why the hell would they do that to Atlus, everyone knows they are a nice gang. Hope they recover soon.

Didn't realise 2K wanted the Atlus brand that badly (joke). Bioshock 2 here we come!

@OnionTree Well, I'm not really a Disgaea fan. The only game I've played with the same genre is FF:Tactics. And yes, I refuse to play Disgaea on my DS thank you very much. It's really sad though, that GTA:CTW is not selling that well. I mean, not every DS owners are kids I suppose. I just don't get it. On consoles they sell pretty well, and then an original game and not just a rerelease gets its way on the DS and no one likes it. How did the two GTA Stories on the PSP fare? I want to know. "But, you know, the worst part of the internet is my opinion sharply opposes more people than I ever thought it would." It goes out to all of us. The worst part of the internet is that it's so huge, more people would actually turn out to oppose you than agree with you, like I did back in my first comment. I think it varies with the topic at hand. @nappan I'm not denying myself. My PS2 is destroyed....*grieves*...

Why Atlus? They make some of the best rpgs recently

Hey, what's with all the negatives? I just said "I" didn't like them, I didn't say those games suck. I guess Atlus fans are as hilariously aggressive as any other groups. XD At any rate, I know Disgaea is from NIS. In fact, 50% of their stuff is probably from NIS, and besides that they seem to primarily be a publisher. I mean, at least they cater to a niche group, but every time I go onto a DS board and read a topic about "What DS game should I get", at least twenty people go on about Disgaea, and say people who don't like Disgaea have terrible taste in games. It's about as underrated as Psychonauts (which, despite "not selling very well", seems to be in virtually every gamers library. I'm sorry it didn't sell well, it's an amazing game, but it sure is an awfully well-known game to be completely under the radar. In other words, it's just BS). Another piece of BS is the GTA:CTW didn't sell enough. The so-called "Nintendo fanboys" who bash GTA at every turn finally get a good GTA game, and suddenly there's a lot less GTA bashing on the internet than there used to be. This isn't the first M-rated Nintendo game, we had Conker and Eternal Darkness, even Resident Evil on the DS, and I say DS is a plenty mature system. It's not kiddy, it's "all ages", and that should be taken literally. Games for kids, games for everybody, and games for adults. But, you know, the worst part of the internet is my opinion sharply opposes more people than I ever thought it would. Before the mid-to-late nineties, I never would've guess I hated people that much. Then I upgrade to 98 and get dial-up, and I find out I was NOT meant to speak to other people. But I do anyways. Strange, huh? Why don't you go vote up my other comment if you agree with half of what I said? Not that it matters, it just means people have to sign in to read what I said, and in a week maybe five people will see this page again.

Sorry, Atlas, hope you feel better

@Zaphod_b: That, or someone got clever with a side-channel attack. They're becoming a lot more common at the individual hacker level, and as for exploiting reflective surfaces, SciAm had an interesting piece on that. My question is how they originally gained privilages, since it seems clear that the site was completely subverted.

@nerd_assassin: Don't deny yourself, if you are stuck on DDS, put it aside and play some Persona 3 (might as well get FES). The game is fantastic, and Persona 4 is a worthy sequel. I liked DDS, but I would drop it like a hot rock for Persona. ;)

Glad I didn't visit the site on Friday. This is the last thing I need.

@OnionTree Wow some tough words there...Disgaea? What the hell? That's even NIS FYI not Atlus(Atlus just published it,darn NIS deserves some credit here). You probably don't like them, but that doesn't mean others don't too. They make really great RPGs, Atlus. I agree with nappan. I can even agree with Final Fantasy being a hype, being that Squeenix is a bigger company. Now that's marketing there. But Atlus games have a certain following, what you can call a "niche" market if you must. @nappan SMT FTW!!! I miss my PS2 so much...I haven't even finished DDS, or even played a single Persona game. How sad...

@zaphod_b: This is probably exactly what happened. I'm taking a Information Assurance class this semester and this definitely looks like a case discussed in class.

I bet I know who did it, those rascals

@OnionTree: Persona HYPE? First, P3&4 are great games, last gen or no... Second, what hype? What marketing? lol. Half the people who posted here didn't even know Atlus existed, and I find more people who've never heard of SMT than have. Halo 3, Animal Crossing, Wii Fit... that's hype.

Love them or hate them, Atlus brings over a lot of interesting software that we don't see much of otherwise here in the States. Let's hope there was no serious damage.

Without the RPG games Atlus releases I would have a lot more money. Hackers should go bother EA or something.

It's awful that they got hacked. Atlus is my favorite company. I wonder who those hackers were? Square Enix, are you that upset because Persona 3 came out a year before The World Ends With You....that games setting was awfully reminisent of Persona 3. Considering the mordern setting and all that J-pop/J-rap. Shin Megami Tensei is getting more and more popular. You better watch your back Square.

It's pretty common practice for hackers to scan hosts in mass looking for vulnerabilities. I would bet that the only reason their site was chosen is because a vulnerability was found that would allow that hacker to insert his trojan of choice, and not a directed attack.

Atlus's bread and butter is Disgaea and Shin Megami Tensei. Everything else is just fandom. Damn shame they got hacked. Lol maybe a competitor was trying to sabotage them.

Yeah.. How about some Robin hood style hacking? Atlus is awesome.

You know, once it gets to a certain point, hacking is just plain pathetic..

Huh, looks like Atlus has a fan following. I've been hearing a lot about their games lately. I've only played a handful of them and didn't even remotely like any of them, so I guess I can understand the mentality here. Somebody else who doesn't get the hype and like those Persona and Disgaea games must've been tired of hearing 'Atlus this' and 'Atlus that' and hacked them for fun. That, or they got into an argument with "one of the Atlus faithful", or just picked a random target.

Wow, for some reason, I just laughed. I am sitting here, at my computer, laughing. Even as I type. Sure, it is a shame this happened to them, I send them all the sympathy they deserve. Seriously, no jokes there. But wow, this is amazing. Whoever did this must have been bored out of their minds. Seriously. Wish I knew the culprits, but I imagine they would like to remain 'anonymous'.

everyone loves atlus. why them? :( put viruses on crappy componies that already suck

i love atlus they know how to make great game hard games but fun none the less

This offends me because I respect Atlus a lot. They are really a great gaming company. I hope they will recover from this coward attack. Thank god I didn't visited the site, so I got nothing but I hope people that got a trojan or something got rid of it. Let's go Atlus! :)

The hacker could have done it to Data Design...

heh...Fatlus.

*starts scan for every virus scanner* oh crap :(

I can't imagine why anyone would do this to Atlus. I hope they find those hackers.

What hacker would do this to ATLUS, they have one of the best fan communities and they are always doing things for their fans... This is terrible. Whoever did this should be ashamed.

unless i'm missing something, this seems completely unprovoked. now, had EA decided to launch sims 3 with securom, that would be justified, but no matter what the site's visitors shouldn't be punished.

Sorry about that...:twisted:

this sucks

" awbailey Posted Apr 26, 2009 7:40 pm GMT You guys must be living in the early 90's there are no longer people who hack for fun. There are only companies, governments and scam artists. This was probably done for a reason other than to see if they could. Most websites have appalling security so it probably wasn't even hard. Hell it could have even been a script kiddie." Actually, There are still hackers out there that do it just for fun.

I subscribe to the newsletter but I never got an e-mail about the hacking...kind of annoyed now.

Hackers who do damage=Sick People

Too bad this had to happen to any reputable person or company (Atlus definitely falling into the latter). This kind of thing ranks up there with anti-video gaming legislation on my bull**** meter. (As in "Calling it bull**** insults a lot of real bulls.") The hackers that did this need to be taken offline (in more ways than one), because if they get away with this, they'll eventually try something on a National or even Global scale. That's one thing we don't need, especially in this economy.

You guys must be living in the early 90's there are no longer people who hack for fun. There are only companies, governments and scam artists. This was probably done for a reason other than to see if they could. Most websites have appalling security so it probably wasn't even hard. Hell it could have even been a script kiddie.

I agree that they need to get lives...but for hackers, their goal is to beat something that no one else can. In their minds legal and illegal are just words and they just want a challenge

I still can't find what is so fun about hacking someone and making their lives more difficult. And I agree with you dstv, hackers DO need to get lives.

never heard of atlus but hacking and viruses are never good, hackers are a bit like graffiti artists, talented people that waste their talents being desctructive.

hackers need to get lives

ATLUS is the greatest

maybe Atlus trys to earn some extra bucks with anti-virus software... ^^

lol, first pirating ruins demigod, now hackers ruin atlus...honestly, where do these guys come from, and why don't they put their computer skills into doing something that is legal?

hackers are worthless dogs who wanna prove something but end up doing nothing but cause trouble for others.

Antivirus is a MUST for All windows users. Atlus should also power-up their Firewall. 8)

I freakin hate stupid hackers. They cause nothing but trouble. I wonder how they'd feel if they were hacked. :| >8(

It was probably easier for some saddo to attack a smaller fish. The sharks (EA and their ilk) would probably have more protection since they are a more obvious target for techno-snipers.