Codemasters has confirmed that their servers have been hacked and significant amounts of personal data have been stolen.

No payment information was taken in the attack but personal details including names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, Live Gamertags and biographies have been stolen.

The full extent of the theft is still not entirely sure although believe that ten of thousands of users may have had their details stolen.

The developer's main website Codemasters.com will be down for the foreseeable future while Codemasters investigate the attack and shore up their security.

Thanks BBC.

By Ewan Aiton