Mysterious case
California based gaming chassis, PSU and peripherals maker NZXT seems to have upset some hackers, because they got into its website and, among other bits of naughtiness, sent out a message to its mailing list essentially stating it was going out of business.
This was picked up by tech site Icrontic, which published the newsletter in full, with the key passages as follows: "Unfortunately, the current state of the economy has taken a toll on our business, we are now facing the same financial hardships that many of our competitors have also faced... once current inventories are depleted, no new products will be produced."
But this was soon followed by another newsletter saying NZXT (which apparently doesn't stand for anything) was not going out of business. Bizarre.
This oddness was cleared up today when co-founder Johnny Hou issued a statement to the press, which we've reproduced in full below.
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 NZX, designer@nzxt.com
