PSA: Path of Exile II's Steam Page Hacked Over The Weekend, Leading To A Fake Early Access Sign Up P

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PSA: Path of Exile II's Steam Page Hacked Over The Weekend, Leading To A Fake Early Access Sign Up Page | MMORPG.com

For those who got excited at the thought of Grinding Gear releasing a Path of Exile II early access signup and put their information in, it might be time for a Steam password change, as the devs' Steam account has been compromised. 

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Angrakhan

if it asked for anything more than your email address I'd be instantly suspicious. If it did, I'd be doing a whois lookup on whatever domain the submission page was hosted on before I sent anything.

Scot

betty4920taylor said:

This incident serves as a stark reminder of the importance of staying vigilant against phishing attempts and unauthorized access to accounts, especially on platforms like Steam where personal and financial information is stored. It's unfortunate that malicious actors would take advantage of gamers' excitement for Path of Exile II by exploiting a compromised Steam account to spread false information and collect sensitive data.



Grinding Gear Games' swift response in taking down the phishing link and issuing a warning to players is commendable. However, it's crucial for affected users to take immediate action to secure their accounts, including changing passwords and monitoring for any suspicious activity.



As fans eagerly await the release of Path of Exile II, it's essential to exercise caution and verify information from official sources to avoid falling victim to similar scams in the future. This incident underscores the need for heightened cybersecurity awareness within the gaming community and serves as a reminder to prioritize account security at all times.

I am in two minds, this sounds like a chatbot AI put out by GGG to do some damage limitation. If you are a real person my apologies and welcome to the forums. Good advice either way.

ZenJelly

betty4920taylor said:

This incident serves as a stark reminder of the importance of staying vigilant against phishing attempts and unauthorized access to accounts, especially on platforms like Steam where personal and financial information is stored. It's unfortunate that malicious actors would take advantage of gamers' excitement for Path of Exile II by exploiting a compromised Steam account to spread false information and collect sensitive data.



Grinding Gear Games' swift response in taking down the phishing link and issuing a warning to players is commendable. However, it's crucial for affected users to take immediate action to secure their accounts, including changing passwords and monitoring for any suspicious activity.



As fans eagerly await the release of Path of Exile II, it's essential to exercise caution and verify information from official sources to avoid falling victim to similar scams in the future. This incident underscores the need for heightened cybersecurity awareness within the gaming community and serves as a reminder to prioritize account security at all times.

You're fake as all hell

Scot

Ok, I could have said that, but a pinch of diplomacy never goes amiss. I have accused posters of being adbots (two times) and then found out they were real people.

Neoyoshi

If people knew how things like this actually happen, people would lose a lot of faith in a game company SUPER frick'n quick.

'Hacking' is just a quick way to describe a far less nebulous issue, also it sounds a lot better then 'employee shares access of a dev account with girlfriend, friend, buddy: further compromising the accounts security'.

Things like this almost always are the fault of human-error, -people being dumb and careless.

But again; 'Hacking' while not a great sign of faith, is FAR better of a explanation then 'sorry, we are a bunch of careless people who don't tend to our security measures properly and just leave sticky notes with passwords on computer screens ALL the time'

vonryan123

Neoyoshi said:

If people knew how things like this actually happen, people would lose a lot of faith in a game company SUPER frick'n quick.

'Hacking' is just a quick way to describe a far less nebulous issue, also it sounds a lot better then 'employee shares access of a dev account with girlfriend, friend, buddy: further compromising the accounts security'.

Things like this almost always are the fault of human-error, -people being dumb and careless.

But again; 'Hacking' while not a great sign of faith, is FAR better of a explanation then 'sorry, we are a bunch of careless people who don't tend to our security measures properly and just leave sticky notes with passwords on computer screens ALL the time'

It's actually not hard to spoof a page like that. They have devices like the flipperzero that can do it all in a pocket size.

uriel_mafess

Nothing to do with the news but everytime I see a PoE2 screenshot I think: Thats just PoE with a better textures mod.

I know that when something works people advise not to change it but my prediction is that PoE2 is going to do bad in mid term. It just feels like playing PoE stage 11.

Too many people are gonna burn out playing "the same game" over and over and over.