EVE Online - Client Source Code Theft

The source code for the client of EVE Online has this week been leaked onto several torrent tracking websites. An interview with CCP is up at Gamesindustry.biz reassuring players that the leak does not pose any security threat. It actually doesn't mean anything at all, it seems:

"CCP is aware that an individual claims to have access to the source code of the EVE client. This access is not a security risk to CCP in any way," stated the developer.

"Access to the source code for the EVE client exposes no security vulnerabilities, has no privacy protection issues, and poses no threat to our customers' billing information.

"The server-side interface used by the client is carefully protected to ensure that no abusive or unwanted information is transmitted to, or from the internal EVE server systems. Nothing the EVE client can do can affect the game state, no advantage can be gained by manipulating the EVE client, no advantageous or disadvantageous information can be transmitted to other EVE users by altering the EVE client," added the company.