Character hijacking is still a thing.

A few days ago, our FC's resident tank/healer, who'd been in since Beta, with the FC since its inception, and is currently on hiatus awaiting EA, logged on, quit the FC, and disappeared. He was later found (using the Lodestone), renamed, on another server, in an FC with three clones of the same character and two more who were probably stolen (the clones all low-level- including the FC leader, and the others were max level/gear, with matching names).

I placed a "missing character" report with Support, but now dread telling him when he logs on that his character's gone, probably for good. Whether he'll fight it remains to be seen. It's happened to someone in our FC before, and it took her months to get her character back.

So consider this a reminder to use common sense. Change passwords regularly. Don't share passwords with ANYONE. EVER. Use a security token if you can. And keep your security question up-to-date.

Stay vigilant. Stay safe.