The 2019 Roblox security breach was an incident that occurred from January 8–9, 2019, at around 9:38 PM PST, in which many popular games were set to private by throwaway bot accounts. The names of the games were also changed, and new, unrecognizable places were added into a game's universe,[1] which may have allowed unwanted access into source codes and datastores of games.
Some games that were affected include Jailbreak, Welcome to Bloxburg, and Doomspire Brickbattle.[2] A temporary fix to the issue was issued an hour after the incident was reported.[2][3]
GFink, a developer of Doomspire Brickbattle, created a Reddit and Roblox Developer Forum post,[4] about his two most popular games being affected.[5] He then showed a screenshot of two botted accounts that had updated Doomspire Brickbattle with the improper permissions to do so.[4] Other developers soon followed suit on the Developer Forum, complaining about a similar issue with their games.
It is speculated that Roblox experienced a security breach, but it is unconfirmed, as Roblox has not made an official statement.
Affected games[]
- Doomspire Brickbattle
- The Really Easy Obby!
- Jailbreak
- Work at a Pizza Place
- Royale High
- Murder Mystery 2
- Natural Disaster Survival
- Welcome to Bloxburg
- Phantom Forces
- Island Royale
- Theme Park Tycoon 2
- Super Power Training Simulator
- Ultimate Driving: Westover Islands
- Purple Skittles
- Emergency Response: Liberty County
- Vesteria
- cloakedyoshi's Noob Defense
- Lumber Tycoon 2
- Tethered
- Oppression
- Speed Simulator 2
- Blood Moon Tycoon
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References[]
- ↑ https://devforum.roblox.com/t/robloxcritical-places-created-under-my-game-that-are-owned-by-other-players-may-have-access-to-my-datastores-game-files/222724
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://devforum.roblox.com/t/robloxcritical-games-inexplicably-being-set-to-private/222649
- ↑ https://devforum.roblox.com/t/robloxcritical-games-inexplicably-being-set-to-private/222649/10
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://devforum.roblox.com/t/my-two-most-popular-games-were-just-forced-to-private/222634
- ↑ https://old.reddit.com/r/roblox/comments/ae3xtp/urgent_my_2_most_popular_games_just_went_private/