HUGE HACK went down!!! who all got jacked.

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cocoluva3 wrote:

I was a mod for a browser based game before I quit to allow more time for this game. Pockie pirates, a game operated by Game321, had a shit ton of security issues where people can log into other people account and wiping people of their character and gear. Yea some people lost shit because they were sharing account with random people, like my guild leader with other guild members, but the majority of the account breach was the company fault. Even after 1 month or 2 by now, they have yet to get it fixed.

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AllGodsDie wrote:

Lol, this always happens with these games. Bunch of people who got hacked think that there is no way they were compromised. Blame the game. Happened with d3, no surprised to see people doing it here.

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Rory wrote:

I'm really sorry, but we're not able to recover any items stolen by other players. Chris wrote up a long post about this which explains common ways players have items stolen, how they can keep safe and what we're going to do to make it safer for them. It also explains why we have a policy of no item restoration. I recommend checking it out: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/115464/

We are currently working on a system where accounts become locked if people log in to them from a different location. You will be able to unlock the account by typing in a code that is emailed to you. This system should be deployed by the end of February.

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Eck wrote:

I am in the process of being hacked right now. I'm still logged in to the forum but can't get into the game (and was kicked out by whoever got my password). Only been to the wiki, --link removed-- and poe.xyz like many other people, never got random party invites, and am literally watching my currency items and gems vanish from my stash via the website interface. Whatever happened, it's affecting a LOT of people and it seems doubtful at this point that every single one of us randomly stumbled through some phishing website for PoE accounts.

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darkjoy wrote:

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Rory wrote:

I'm really sorry, but we're not able to recover any items stolen by other players. Chris wrote up a long post about this which explains common ways players have items stolen, how they can keep safe and what we're going to do to make it safer for them. It also explains why we have a policy of no item restoration. I recommend checking it out: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/115464/

We are currently working on a system where accounts become locked if people log in to them from a different location. You will be able to unlock the account by typing in a code that is emailed to you. This system should be deployed by the end of February.

This is a piss poor policy. You should be compensating these people being hacked, or have your security system in order in the first place so these hacks don't take place.

You should be tracing the items to whatever account they are traded to and banning that account.

Basically GGG's policy is allowing thieves to go unpunished and the player is being punished for simply playing the game.

Absolutely ridiculous.

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cocoluva3 wrote:

I was a mod for a browser based game before I quit to allow more time for this game. Pockie pirates, a game operated by Game321, had a shit ton of security issues where people can log into other people account and wiping people of their character and gear. Yea some people lost shit because they were sharing account with random people, like my guild leader with other guild members, but the majority of the account breach was the company fault. Even after 1 month or 2 by now, they have yet to get it fixed.

I believe Chris was a security programmer (or involved in the field at least) before founding GGG. You are not in the hands of idiots.