Account Hacks

[Extunarian]

Originally Posted by shdwdrake8 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

our forum is pretty secure unless someone is using the same login for that as their account info...

Our forum is secure...but if you use your eqemu login information it isn't secure?

How much account sharing goes on in your guild? I know uthgaard said that they won't be helping people out who pass their accounts around "like trading cards"

[Mustaza]

Next to zero. The latest hack in particular hadn't shared his information at all. I'm beginning to suspect a vulnerability on EQEMU's end. It's a pretty big bummer for months of folks hard work to be gone by someone feeling like an uber dick one evening.

[Messianic]

It's also worth mentioning that some people use really crappy passwords...

[Hottbiscuits Dreadmuffin]

Random password generators are your friend. It make take more effort to remember a string of numbers, letters and symbols but it's worth it.

[Ihealyou]

my password is iloveyou dont hack plx

[Diplomacy]

I'd say 99.9% of the "hacks" that happen on an EMU account is due to account sharing.

No hacker is going to go through the hurdles necessary to take advantage of your p1999 account information they gleam off of a key log. They have better things to do.

Just because your guildemate says he didn't share doesn't necessarily make that the case.

Regardless, if EMU did in fact have a vulnerability I would have to imagine there would be an epidemic of this problem going on.

[Mustaza]

*Shrug* Any griefer worth his salt wouldn't know to give it all up on the first date. If farming accounts is to become a sustainable business, you need to space them out...

With that said, I don't think the two were victims of the same person. The first "hack" we experienced had all of his characters and alts completely deleted, while the most recent just had all his valuables looted.

[naekko]

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

*Shrug* Any griefer worth his salt wouldn't know to give it all up on the first date. If farming accounts is to become a sustainable business, you need to space them out...

With that said, I don't think the two were victims of the same person. The first "hack" we experienced had all of his characters and alts completely deleted, while the most recent just had all his valuables looted.

Why would they hack your guild and not TR or a guild with access to better loot / higher level characters if there was a vulnerability allowing them to hack any account?

Please don't jump the gun and blame the server. There are so many things that could have happened instead.

[Mustaza]

My original post is asking that exact question: has anyone else been having issues?

[Tiggles]

He just stripped all his valuables and gave it to an alt he plans to level because he hates being in a guild with you.