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Dark Souls exploit lets attackers take over your PC

24 January 2022 • 2 min read

Dark Souls exploit lets attackers take over your PC

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Dark Souls exploit lets attackers take over your PC

A hacker hit a popular Twitch streamer to highlight the issue and draw developer attention

Japanese video game developer FromSoftware and publisher Bandai Namco have temporarily shut down the PvP servers for Dark Souls Remastered, 2, and 3, following the discovery of a critical security ...

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