Quote Originally Posted by Noahlimits View Post
There are TONS of people on the FFXIV reddit who have had their accounts compromised and banned after being hacked. If you use a PC, any keylogger or malware can get your username and password. If you're on ps4, have you ever used the same user name in another game (HoN, LoL, WoW, .. anything)? That's the main way they hack your FF account, they don't even need to guess your username. Not to mention PSN themselves have been hacked more than twice in the last 5 years. While they may not want any crap on your character, they'll sure use it to bot or shout RMT spam.
Meh. PSN was hacked, I'll grant you that, however user names, passwords & credit card numbers are encrypted, salted & hashed. I experienced no problems from the hack other than PSN itself being down. Otherwise I'm on a mac at home & a PC at work. & it would be foolish to use the same login user name & password across multiple sites. Very simple: PS4 software license is linked to my SE account. No one is hacking my SE account to add a PC rmt/bot. Anyone who fears hackers when they are personally being responsible & exercising common sense is watching too much fake nightly "news" shows.