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Yesterday there were reports that NZXT were going out of business, due to an email sent by the co founder.
This came as somewhat of a blow to many people who have valued the companies products for many years. We spoke to NZXT PR today and it appears that their site was actually hacked.
They wanted to release this official statement.
To our friends and loyal customers in the PC enthusiast community,
Yesterday at 7:30 PM PST the NZXT website was infiltrated illegally. While having access to the site, hackers made several malicious changes including sending out an erroneous newsletter to our database claiming that NZXT is going out of business. They also changed product warranties, deleted product and home page banners, etc.
Well, I’m happy to report that NZXT is NOT going out of business and to the contrary we are more excited than ever to be a part of this tremendous industry. We are poised to launch several highly anticipated products over the next two months including the Phantom full tower case we unveiled at Computex. We feel this will provide enthusiasts with one of the most fresh and unique case designs in quite some time.
I’d like to take this opportunity to offer my sincere gratitude to the community for your ongoing support of NZXT. We design our products based on what you need to build a stellar PC and welcome your feedback as to how we can help your computing experience be as enjoyable as possible. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions.
Best regards,
Johnny Hou
Product Manager and Co-Founder of NZXT
KitGuru says: You can't always believe what you read online. Lets hope they remain hack free for the foreseeable future.
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Hackers really do need to get another hobby, these things just annoy me,. such a waste of everyones time. for what reason? Just to pass the time? sad.
Well it proves their site was not secure, so hopefully they are already working with a specialist team to get it locked down!
My friend is a member of one of these groups online and its just a bit of a laugh to them, even though it can wreck or destroy businesses. Its just to pass the time and to prove to other groups they can break xx security. NZXT seem a weird choice for a hack however as they arent really a high profile company involved in security. Maybe a disgruntled customer.
Probably someone who got all sensitive cause there was one screw missing from the pack or maybe a fan squeaked?… regardless, what a peanut who did this, i’ve bought at least 10 NZXT cases in the past 3 years for different builds and they are fantastic value for money.