RMT Hackers?

[Ihealyou]

Why would they hack an account when it takes 5 minutes to make a completely new account?

[amanduhh]

Originally Posted by Ihealyou [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Why would they hack an account when it takes 5 minutes to make a completely new account?

you are a moron

[Akame]

Originally Posted by amanduhh [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

you are a moron

That was such a useful addition to the conversation. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]


Hacker's generally grab other players accounts to steal their platinum and sell it because it takes less effort than duping or farming the platinum themselves.

[Darkforge]

I will not say this happened nore that is didn’t. I will say that is it a shame that now we have to worry about someone getting into our accounts and making a profit off of a free game that is for everyone to enjoy. I guess it is still true [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] only takes a few bad people to mess it up for everyone else.

It is sad that this happens, but we all know it does. But a good way to avoid this is to stay off any funky websites that might be shady that corresponds with the project 1999 server and or just update your password to a complex password with Numbers / letters / uppercase. Change it once or twice a month as you feel need.

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[quido]

Pretty much anyone who says their account got "hacked" means one of two things:

1. I am stupid and shared my account and now it's stolen.

or

2. I am stupid and am trying to get away with questionable business.

[Pyrocat]

Originally Posted by quido [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Pretty much anyone who says their account got "hacked" means one of two things:

1. I am stupid and shared my account and now it's stolen.

or

2. I am stupid and am trying to get away with questionable business.

Yes, because systems NEVER get compromised on the internet.

[quido]

Originally Posted by Pyrocat [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yes, because systems NEVER get compromised on the internet.

I'm not saying they don't, Pyrocat. I am into security myself and know pretty well how vulnerable systems can be. That being said, I would bet you that damn near every claim of getting "hacked" in an online game is bullshit. What people really should be saying is "I got keylogged because I am stupid" or "I am just sketchy/stupid."

[Nedala]

Originally Posted by quido [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Pretty much anyone who says their account got "hacked" means one of two things:

1. I am stupid and shared my account and now it's stolen.

or

2. I am stupid and am trying to get away with questionable business.

well you are probably right, but there still is a chance your acc gets hacked...i think. In like 3+ years of EQ2 my account got hacked twice, and i know from at least 5 other people that got their accs hacked too. It wasn't a big deal because soe would give it back to you each time.

Oh and i never gave my logins to anyone, so yes it got hacked.

[BobSmith]

Originally Posted by amanduhh [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

you are a moron

No, I think it is a good question.

For example, people who sell WoW gold, need accounts so that they can store and move the gold. The accounts cost money. So they frequently attempt to gain access to accounts, in part, to use as mules.

But here, accounts are free, so the only incentive would be to strip the characters of loot and PP. It is not obvious why it would be worth the trouble to hack an account just to make a real money trade.

[Teensy Weensy]

It's like when everyone's "little brother" would delete their char and people would beg GM's for it back