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Private data of 13 million MMO players leaked.
CalmOceans
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"South Korea's communications regulator said on Saturday that personal information of more than 13 million subscribers of a popular online game of Nexon Korea Corp, a leading game developer in the country, had been leaked in a hacking attack."
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/26/us-korea-hacking-nexon-idUSTRE7AP09H20111126
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In case anyone has the same question I did, but doesn't want to dig through the article: Maple Story is the affected game.
Curious as to why it says "subscribers" of a game instead of players considering the game is f2p.
Regardless if it's F2P or not. Personal info and maybe credit card info is involved. I'd be surprised if the latter info wasn't taken too.
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Good thing I've never used my credit card with any of these F2P games.
its only the beginning, we will see this in western mmos also, come time, sadly not many takes internet
security as serious as i should be taken, or the companies atleast.
Maybe registered users would have been more appropriate. Then again, the source is reuters, not really an MMO site so it's hard to blame them.
A lot of people chose to focus on SoE as inept, and while they may have been hackers would likely have gotten in anyway. Not an MMORPG, but Steam is an even bigger hack than SoE. I also think too many WoW accounts have been compromised to blame it on phishing or people being careless. Anyone that wrote off the SoE hack as a Sony thing was just being an idiot.
until I can get a credit card under the name of Yohan C McFlubberduffy with a $100 credit limit, I won't be storing any payment info on any games servers. Do those VISA gift cards work for online payments?
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I get banned in the forums for games I love, so lets see if I do better in the forums for games I hate.
I enjoy the serenity of not caring what your opinion is.
I don't hate much, but I hate Apple© with a passion. If Steve Jobs was alive, I would punch him in the face.
Before I had a credit card I used them all the time, never had any problem. With how things are going I should perhaps switch to them once again for security.
Having bank cards used to be nice although painfull sometimes when things went wrong. I would never use bank card anymore for anything, nope pre paid is the way to go, theres no denying and netspend is one helva great pre paid debit card.
Well, you know, if we ignore the fact that SOE had all the information stored in plain text then that would be the case. Steam's info is encryped and salted.
But just keep telling yourself its the same thing.
Thanks for the direct info!
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Kyleran: "Now there's the real trick, learning to accept and enjoy a game for what it offers rather than pass on what might be a great playing experience because it lacks a few features you prefer."
John Henry Newman: "A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault."
FreddyNoNose: "A good game needs no defense; a bad game has no defense." "Easily digested content is just as easily forgotten."
LacedOpium: "So the question that begs to be asked is, if you are not interested in the game mechanics that define the MMORPG genre, then why are you playing an MMORPG?"
Not remotely surprised. On my laundry list of complaints about Nexon was that they couldn't even be bothered to encrypt their login process for their sites and forums. Anyone who wants to plunge into the jaws of a Nexon game had best set up a separate account for posting on forums, and find the game's actual .exe to avoid logging into the game through the website.
A Modest Proposal for MMORPGs:
That the means of progression would not be mutually exclusive from the means of enjoyment.
There is no such thing as a secure computer or network if the hacker is skilled and determined enough. The Pentagon, CIA, FBI have all been hacked at one point. Computers would have to be redesigned from the ground up to make them truely secure.
+1
all those very secure sites have gotten hacked, aaa games have gotten hacked, f2p have gotten hacked. No security, Buyer beware
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I self identify as a monkey.
Exactly and that's why i always try to give the least possible (true) information i can and use the most secure payment methods (which means pre-paid cards or paypal if pre-paid cards isn't possible)
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Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.
Where have you been the past few months?
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