Origin accounts leaked so change your password

You might want to change the password of your Origin account as several users reported their accounts stolen after a document with credentials got leaked online recently.

Hundreds of EA Origin accounts that start with the letter A through F had been stolen and posted in a document on Pastebin, but when reached out, EA confirmed there are no evident traces of a breach in its database. However, it’s strongly recommended to change your password anyway.

“At this point, we have no indication that this list was obtained through an intrusion of our account databases. In an abundance of caution, we’re taking steps to secure any account that has an EA or Origin user ID that matches the usernames on this list. As always, we encourage all players to safeguard their account credentials and use unique usernames and passwords on all online accounts.”

EA said that most of the accounts are abandoned and some are from a past security breach with Adobe, Bitcoin Security Forums, and Pateron. It’s still safer to just change the password and be sure.