Cryptic Studios has released a in which they are informing Star Trek Online and Champions Online players that their online accounts have been hacked… in 2010.

The official release reads that an “unauthorized access occurred in December 2010″ however this was only recently discovered through an “increased security analysis”.

“The unauthorized access included user account names, handles, and encrypted passwords for those accounts. Even though the passwords were encrypted, it is apparent that the intruder has been able to crack some portion of the passwords in this database,” Cryptic states. “While we have no evidence that any other information was taken by the intruder, it is possible that the intruder was able to access additional account information. If they did so, the first and last name, e-mail address, date of birth (if provided to Cryptic Studios), billing address, and the first six digits and the last four digits of credit cards registered on the site may have been accessed.”

While at the moment there is no evidence of what data has been taken, accounts which are believed to have been accessed by the hackers have had their passwords reset.

Considering the fact there haven’t been massive reports since the intrusion in 2010, users can assume that the data retrieved, may not be as compromising as such an intrusion might leave us to believe. However, seeing how the hackers were able to stay undetected for such a long time, makes it hard to trust Cryptic’s security measures.