Square-Enix hacked

[Fiosha_Maureiba]

Why people are talking about security tokens in this thread is beyond me. If you hacked into the server, your dongle is as useless as a slang dongle..

In terms of logging into an SE account and hijacking a character (deletion, selling everything they own and trading the gil to third-party, etc.)

[viion]

In terms of logging into an SE account and hijacking a character (deletion, selling everything they own and trading the gil to third-party, etc.)

But if I hacked the account server, I would just edit the database to have no SE token linked, so I wouldnt need your token, or care, because i just directly removed it..... See what I mean?

Then I edit your password to 123456789, login, have fun.

Its like trying to laugh at a burglar because he broke into your house through the window, but doesnt have the keys so he cant do anything when hes in there........

[Fiosha_Maureiba]

But if I hacked the account server, I would just edit the database to have no SE token linked, so I wouldnt need your token, or care, because i just directly removed it..... See what I mean?

Then I edit your password to 123456789, login, have fun.

Its like trying to laugh at a burglar because he broke into your house through the window, but doesnt have the keys so he cant do anything when hes in there........

Ah! I see your point. Although if they get that far, then stealing a character account would seem like the least of their worries.

On the Sony situation, I didn't think they got to the credit cards. But they did get to all the passwords that were stored in plain text instead of being encrypted.