EA Warns Against Bogus Bad Company 2 Beta Signups

Apparently there are some phishing emails going around – for what other purpose would someone fake an invitation to a sign-up for a Battlefield: Bad Company 2 beta? EA says no such thing exists.

Says the Battlefield producer Gordon Van Dyke on the Battlefield Blog:

Pretty sure EA’s seen copies and sent them to their corporate security team, but If anyone’s gotten one of these bogus sign-up come-ons, let me know. I’m curious what information it wanted, whether it was Steam ID and password or what.

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