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[RAIST]

That is what is so odd about it... they took over 3mill of stuff out of the safe, but left almost 2 mill behind, some of which was on my character...though it wasn't equipped. And purging my data was a recommendation from SE. They even had me clear my friends list as well. Security software didn't catch any adware/spyware crud on my game system either--it was only caught on my laptop, which is what I used to log into the SE LS sight and hit all the other FFXI stuff. So if they trapped my sign-in info, that is where they likely got it from-my laptop. Which is another reason I don't like having to use my game credentials to access these forums. Maybe they were only looking for specific gear in general, or maybe they already knew that I had a specific set of gears and that's all they took. Who knows.

But this is distracting from the real debate/issue with this move. They are already forcing us to use game credentials to log-in, creating a potential attack vector, and then they are going to force us to publish information identifying our in-game persona. This has the potential to create problems for some users and we should be given the ability to opt out.

[Winrie]

That is what is so odd about it... they took over 3mill of stuff out of the safe, but left almost 2 mill behind, some of which was on my character...though it wasn't equipped. And purging my data was a recommendation from SE. They even had me clear my friends list as well. Security software didn't catch any adware/spyware crud on my game system either--it was only caught on my laptop, which is what I used to log into the SE LS sight and hit all the other FFXI stuff. So if they trapped my sign-in info, that is where they likely got it from-my laptop. Which is another reason I don't like having to use my game credentials to access these forums. Maybe they were only looking for specific gear in general, or maybe they already knew that I had a specific set of gears and that's all they took. Who knows.

But this is distracting from the real debate/issue with this move. They are already forcing us to use game credentials to log-in, creating a potential attack vector, and then they are going to force us to publish information identifying our in-game persona. This has the potential to create problems for some users and we should be given the ability to opt out.

Why exactly is this such a big issue with you? no one used ffxiah or this site or any other to rob you or anything to that extent. No one nowadays would bother looking to steal old gear such as you listed. Nor did anything you listed stolen equal to anything close to 1m gil. So im really confused =/

[RAIST]

Why exactly is this such a big issue with you? no one used ffxiah or this site or any other to rob you or anything to that extent. No one nowadays would bother looking to steal old gear such as you listed. Nor did anything you listed stolen equal to anything close to 1m gil. So im really confused =/

Since you asked, this was a long time ago, a while before tokens were even announced...when a set of HQ staves alone cost a couple million, upwards of 500k for certain ones and they were considered a bargain. It wasn't uncommon to fork out 600K+ just for an acceptable body piece, more for the HQ version. A lot of people got attacked, and it usually resulted in everything being swiped, but for some reason I only had the items specific to one job swiped, and it was the only gear showing on both FFXI and the LS site at the time. SE hinted at the fact that it may have had something to do with my gear being on the sites, and wanted the names of people I added to my friend list recently so they could investigate them, then advised that I clean up my friend list and get my data pulled from the sites.

The suspicious nature of that incident is what has prompted me to be a little more protective of my information, so I shared the story is all. Others have alluded to the fact they have been stalked and such--this kind of fits with that side, it just gives some specific details is all.