According to information shared on The Sims official community and the Insider Gaming portal, everything indicates that the new The Sims 5, also known as Project Rene, ended up being violated. Without having to connect to the servers of EA, the game’s brand, the hackers were able to recreate the tokens that give access to the game.
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EA conducted a secret test with invited users only. It started on October 25th. This is how it became possible to hack the game. Everything indicates that the guests had the right to invite three other friends to participate in the test. No wonder the game was hacked. To date Electronic Arts has not yet confirmed the situation, but some evidence points to the veracity of the story.
The same happened recently with the GTA 6 game.
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According to Insider Gaming reporter Tom Henderson, unknown sources confirm that the hackers managed to get involved by recreating the access token in order to play. This way, they no longer had to connect to an EA server.
The tokens function as a key that gives access to the game and also offers the possibility to test the prototypes available under development in Unreal Engine 5. According to these sources, this was a very easy procedure for attackers to perform. Still in testing, the new The Sims 5 lacked encryption, which makes any hacker’s job much easier, as there is little security.
Until then, the criminals have not released the access codes to the game and it is not even known what measures EA will take to prevent further damage to the game. Being still under development, it is possible that the company will be able to get around the problem without affecting all the work done so far.
The question remains whether the hackers will be found and held accountable for the crime, as was the case in the days of GTA 6, in which a 17-year-old teenager was taken to do exactly the same thing.
Although the attackers did not release the codes, they still have access to the game. This alone could delay the release of The Sims 5. Not to mention, of course, that the loss of files poses serious risks to the development of the game.
