Angry birds website hacked

Angry Birds website hacked

Angry Birds creator Rovio Entertainment Ltd says the popular game's website was defaced by hackers, two days after reports that the personal data of its customers might have been accessed by US and British spy agencies.

Reports earlier this week said that documents leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden suggested the NSA and Britain's GCHQ had been able to extract information through numerous smartphone apps, including Google Maps and the Angry Birds game franchise.
Rovio CEO Mikael Hed said the personal details of customers could have been accessed from information gathered by third-party advertising agencies.

Angry Birds, an addictive birds-versus-pigs game that has been downloaded more than 1.7 billion times worldwide, is one of the latest examples of how everyday pieces of software can be turned into instruments of spying.