I got hacked for the first time in Final Fantasy XIV

I'm surprised people still fall for these in the year 2022.

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Originally Posted by Seger

Its 2022 and some people are still not using 2FA for their stuff.

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The fake website asks for your 2FA. So that point is moot.

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Originally Posted by LittleChickenNugget

I'm surprised people still fall for these in the year 2022.

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Just as people fall for Amazon scams and fake Facebook ads, the missing component is information. Making fun of people passive aggressively like this does nothing. Spread awareness and how to not fall for such scams.

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Originally Posted by Arazehl

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I know my wording came off in a way that should be worded better once I reread it- I should have said "oh hey, youre the ex-phished account that targeted all of my FC & got one of our officers" I know they were phished, just glad they got their personal items back

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Originally Posted by LittleChickenNugget

I'm surprised people still fall for these in the year 2022.

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Everyone has done at least a few stupid things in their lifetime, whether they fall for scams or not. No one is above making silly mistakes.

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Originally Posted by LittleChickenNugget

I'm surprised people still fall for these in the year 2022.

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At least they didn't put a link in the OP. :p

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Originally Posted by HeyMcFly

I know my wording came off in a way that should be worded better once I reread it- I should have said "oh hey, youre the ex-phished account that targeted all of my FC & got one of our officers" I know they were phished, just glad they got their personal items back

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Well it was more pointing a finger and naming in your comment, as if this account holder was the one who, as you say "hacked" this officer's account. People who come to the forums and read your comment do not need to get the wrong idea and misinformation on who is actually sending the scam invites in /tells, rather they need to be better informed, so they understand what's is going on if ever they receive a /tell like this themselves.

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Originally Posted by Rolder50

Just to be pedantic, that's phishing, not hacking.

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it's really only pedantry if the distinction is without a difference. phishing requires very different tools to stay safe from than other forms of hacking

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Originally Posted by JuneStarwind

As the title shows, I was recently hacked. I was foolish enough to copy and paste a link that was sent to me via "Tell". The tell stated something along the line of the player quitting the game soon and will be doing a 300M Gil giveaway. Me thinking that the link sent to me was the official Final Fantasy Forum turned out to be a fake. I entered in my account log in, and I found it odd that it wasn't logging me into the forum no matter how many times I entered in my login correctly. I noticed that I was disconnected from the game moments later, and so I tried to log back in. Oddly enough, it kept saying my password was incorrect. Turns out I received an email saying that a security token was just registered to my account. I never registered any security token. I realize I was just hacked. IMMEDIATELY I got in contact with Square Enix and they were able to remove the security token from my account, and I was able to log in with all my gear and gil still intact. I have now put a security token on my account so that this never happens again.

Has anyone or know of anyone that experienced this?

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Your biggest mistake

1) You don't use a security token, whats wrong with you?
2) Clicking and going to random links. I do have to ask if this is your first MMORPG or first time on the internet

Having a decent internet security program/add-on also helps since the phishing websites are not secure which will trigger red flags.