2019 Roblox security breach

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,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 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.https://devforum.roblox.com/t/robloxcritical-games-inexplicably-being-set-to-private/222649 A temporary fix to the issue was issued an hour after the incident was reported.https://devforum.roblox.com/t/robloxcritical-games-inexplicably-being-set-to-private/222649/10
, a developer of Doomspire Brickbattle, created a Reddit and Roblox Developer Forum post,https://devforum.roblox.com/t/my-two-most-popular-games-were-just-forced-to-private/222634 about his two most popular games being affected.https://old.reddit.com/r/roblox/comments/ae3xtp/urgent_my_2_most_popular_games_just_went_private/ He then showed a screenshot of two botted accounts that had updated Doomspire Brickbattle with the improper permissions to do so. 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
==Gallery==
Capture 1000.PNG|GFink's Reddit post
Capture 501.PNG|A bot account's profile
Brickbattle Name.png|Doomspire Brickbattle was made private and had its name changed.
The Really Easy Obby.png|The Really Easy Obby was made private.
Phantom ForcesBreach.png|Phantom Forces was made private.
Bloxburg Private.png|Welcome to Bloxburg was made private.
Pizza Place Private.png|Work at a Pizza Place was made private.
Murder Mystery Private.png|Murder Mystery 2 was made private.
A55922E2-EEF9-47A9-8255-1C2D992855F1.png|Ultimate Driving was renamed but not made private.
==References==
Category:Incidents